Sri Lankan national gets 10 yrs RI in drug smuggling case

Mumbai, Mar 13 (UNI) A local court today sentenced a Sri Lankan national to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a 2003 drug smuggling case.

Additional sessions judge P D Bawaskar also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Udaykumar Abhay Vardhane failing which he will have to undergo an additional rigorous imprisonment of one year.

Acting on a tip-off, the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested the accused on February 28, 2003 from Mira Road in neighbouring Thane district and seized five kg heroin from him.

The accused had also been arrested in 1995 in a drug smuggling case, but was acquitted by the court due to lack of evidence.

UNI