Sri Lanka's police seized nearly 300 kilograms of heroin worth USD 17 million, the island's biggest haul of the narcotic, and arrested two people, spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said Sunday.
Anti-narcotics agents and police Special Task Force commandos raided a mall car park in the capital Colombo Saturday evening and found the drugs hidden in two vans, Gunasekera said.
"The heroin was packed in 272 plastic bags and ready for distribution," Gunasekera said. "We are now investigating how this consignment got into the country."