Sri Lanka, Oct. 19 -- Sri Lanka Customs officers have seized narcotics worth approximately Rs. 67.53 million from 11 foreign postal parcels at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo.

The seized drugs included more than 3.1 kilogrammes of Kush Cannabis, 2,395 grammes of MDMA (Ecstasy) pills and 33 grammes of Mandy, which had been concealed in parcels sent from eight countries.

According to Sri Lanka Customs, the parcels were identified over the past few months during routine inspections of incoming international mail by officers of the Narcotics Control Unit (NCU).

The suspicious parcels were detained pending collection by their intended recipients. As the recipients failed to collect them within the stipulated period, Customs officers a...