Police Narcotics Bureau officials arrested him at the Katunayake airport on March 06 as he was trying to flee the country.

Alleged to be a leading drug trafficker, he is reportedly a coordinating secretary to a deputy minister of the government.

A resident of Chilaw, the suspect is a justice of the peace for the entire island, said the police. He had reportedly been a member of the gang that had smuggled in 30 kg of heroin worth Rs. 200 million from India recently.

Police arrested a man who had received the heroin from the Muslim man at a wildlife park at Kalpitiya.(CT)