Customs officers at Jaffna International Airport apprehended a 41-year-old Sri Lankan woman on September 21, 2025, for attempting to smuggle gold into the country.
The suspect, a resident of Colombo 12, had arrived from Chennai and was found concealing two capsules containing a substance suspected to be gold, weighing 1,002.2 grams, without declaring them to Customs.
Following further investigation, she was produced before the Mallakam Magistrate’s Court and remanded for 14 days.