Details of Siddique’s drug dealings revealed to Court

The Criminal Investigation Department informed Chief Magistrate of Colombo, Gihan Pilapitiya that Mohammed Siddique, allegedly a large-scale international drug dealer who was brought to Sri Lanka from Pakistan, had sent large stocks of heroin to this country and earned an income of more than Rs 1 billion.

The huge sums of money earned by selling drugs in this country had then been sent to Dubai illegally through the ‘Hawala System’ from a place in Kolonnawa, according to the CID which submitted a report to Court.

The CID informed the Court that these facts were revealed during investigations carried out up to now, on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police in connection with Mohammed Siddique, who was brought to Sri Lanka from Pakistan on 18 March this year.

The CID informed the Court that it has been also revealed, that the suspect had sold drugs smuggled into to this country and earned Rs 70 million in 2013 and Rs 100 million in February 2014 and a sum of Rs 255 million during March and that money had been sent to Dubai through the ‘Undiyal’ system, which is another method of private transaction.

In addition, the CID said, a large sum of money had been taken to Dubai using the illegal method of exchanging money, the Hawala system, by a person named Mohammed Nazeer, a resident of Kolonnawa.

The CID also said, Mohammed Siddique had been engaged in the heroin racket in this country through Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda and that a person named Akithabdeen alias ‘Bawa’ had also been involved in smuggling heroin which the suspect had brought into this country from Pakistan.

The person named Bawa, who had been connected to the heroin racket, had fled the country, the CID informed the Court.

When Mohammed Siddique had transferred money to Dubai through the ‘Undiyal System’, the agent in this country had been Abubaker Sahajan, a resident of Wellawatte, the CID said.

Mohammed Siddique is accused of earning money through drug dealing, which is an illegal activity under the Money Laundering Act.

The Chief Magistrate Pilapitiya ordered that the suspect be further remanded until October 2nd.