Sri Lanka, Oct. 24 -- The Illegal Assets Investigation Division has arrested a woman in Colombo 13 on suspicion of managing the financial transactions of two major drug traffickers who had fled the country.

The arrested woman is 28 years old.

The arrest was made following the discovery of an international network for money laundering funds earned from drug trafficking within Sri Lanka.

Police stated that the suspect had opened two accounts in local private banks to conduct financial transactions in Sri Lanka on behalf of the drug traffickers.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hiru News....