The CID arrested a 41-year-old woman who had maintained five bank accounts in various banks amounting to Rs.60 million collected through drug money, Police Media Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana.
He said that on information received from the Financial Investigation Unit of the Sri Lanka Central Bank, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) initiated investigations into a person who had maintained five accounts in different banks and the account holder was identified. She is a 41-year-old woman from Dehiwala. She was arrested by the CID on Wednesday.
According to the investigations, it has been revealed that Rs. 60 million had been deposited into these five accounts by various parties.The CID conducted further investigations into the persons who had deposited money into these accounts and it was revealed that drug traffickers and drug users had been depositing money into these accounts for four years, the Police Spokesman said.
The suspect was produced before courts yesterday and the CID is conducting further investigations into the incident. He noted that the woman has been arrested under the provisions of the Money Laundering Act.