The officers of the Criminal Investigation Department’s Illegal Assets Investigation Division yesterday arrested a woman who had transferred the money earned from a drug trafficking operation coordinated via mobile phone with the support of her incarcerated husband.
The 33-year-old suspect is a resident of Gorokgolla, Horomba, Narammala.
She has been involved in this racket through an account opened on April 24, 2021, in the name of her sister. The officers of the Division discovered that between the opening date of the accounts and September 30, 2021, over Rs. 4.7 million had been credited to the account on 145 occasions. Meanwhile, she has withdrawn over Rs. 4.7 million on 65 occasions through an ATM card sparing less than Rs. 1,500.In 2018, her husband was caught by the Police and imprisoned for drug trafficking.
Investigations have revealed that he is still in prison. The Police Narcotics Bureau received information that he is engaged in drug trafficking while in prison.
Following preliminary investigations, on January 8 this year, the director of the Police Narcotics Bureau complained to the Illegal Assets Investigation Division to investigate the matter of money laundering.
After a lengthy investigation, it has been revealed that the money earned by her husband by conducting drug trafficking operations from prison has been credited to the bank account.
The woman was called to the Financial Crimes Investigation Division and arrested. She was to be produced in Court.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 – 01:10