Authorities have frozen assets worth more than Rs. 44.5 million belonging to a man and a woman from the Negombo area over suspected links to drug trafficking.
The Illegal Assets Investigation Division launched the investigation based on information that the pair had acquired the assets through proceeds from drug trafficking.
The assets include a 24.8-perch plot of land in Katuneriya, valued at about Rs. 9.5 million, which was purchased in the woman’s name, and a two-story house built on the property, valued at about Rs. 35 million.
The assets have been frozen for 14 days under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Illegal Assets Investigation Division is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)