{"id":41714,"date":"2012-05-17T14:44:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=41714"},"modified":"2012-05-17T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:44:28","slug":"demand-for-heroine-in-sri-lanka-has-doubled-indian-narcotice-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/demand-for-heroine-in-sri-lanka-has-doubled-indian-narcotice-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Demand For Heroine In Sri Lanka Has Doubled\u2019 &#8211; Indian Narcotice Bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/demand-for-heroine-in-sri-lanka-has-doubled-indian-narcotice-bureau\/preparing_heroine\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41715\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41715\" title=\"preparing_heroine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/preparing_heroine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Enforcement agencies have sounded an alert on\u00a0drug cartels\u00a0using Kochi as a transit point for\u00a0smuggling heroin\u00a0to Sri Lanka, where the demand for the contraband has doubled in the past one year, Times of India reports.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies have been asked to track carriers from West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar arriving in the city to hand over heroin consignments to agents, who in turn smuggle it to Sri Lanka.\u00a0Top sources in the\u00a0narcotics control bureau(NCB) told Times of India that the demand for heroin in\u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0had increased to nearly 1,000 kg\/year and drug rackets in India are the main suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of enforcement agencies upping their surveillance in Tamil Nadu- which has been a major routing point for drug traffickers &#8211; drug cartels have shifted its\u00a0focus\u00a0to Kerala where it can use migrant labourers as carriers. &#8220;Enforcement agencies have recently cracked the activities of a cartel by arresting five people including two women and a Sri Lankan national from Chennai for attempting to smuggle 6.4 kg of heroin to Sri Lanka,&#8221; an official said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related news ;\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: Mervin Silava Is A Drug Kingpin Patron Chief\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-mervin-silava-is-a-drug-kingpin-patron-chief\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: Mervin Silava Is A Drug Kingpin Patron Chief<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"WikiLeaks: LTTE Defeat Upsets Asian Drug Trade\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-ltte-defeat-upsets-asian-drug-trade-says-us-embassy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: LTTE Defeat Upsets Asian Drug Trade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":41715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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