Sri Lanka, Oct. 16 -- Three foreign passengers who brought a stock of "Hashish" narcotics worth Rs.51 million into the country were arrested yesterday morning by officers from the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau while attempting to take them out of the Bandaranaike International Airport.

They are three drivers of Thai nationality, two aged 22 and one aged 33. They arrived at Katunayake Airport on Thai Airways flight TG-307 from Bangkok, Thailand at 12.30 am yesterday.

The quantity of five kilograms "Hashish" narcotics was concealed inside cosmetic containers in three luggage items brought by them. The three suspects and the stock of "Hashish" narcotics brought by them are scheduled to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate...