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Viewing cable 09COLOMBO1077, INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR

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09COLOMBO1077 2009-11-27 07:02 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 001077 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA/INS 
 
 
E.O 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR CE
SUBJECT:  INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR 
2009/2010, Sri Lanka 
 
REF: STATE 97228 
 
COLOMBO 00001077  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
1. Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control 
Strategy Report for Sri Lanka.  The INCSR for the Maldives will be 
transmitted septel. 
 
SUMMARY -- 
 
2. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem.  The 
Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug 
traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reduction programs. 
Since early 2005, the U.S. government has fostered a strengthened 
relationship with Sri Lanka on counternarcotics issues by offering 
training for the Sri Lanka Police.  Sri Lanka is a party to the 1988 
UN Drug Convention, ratifying key legislation in October, 2007. 
 
STATUS OF COUNTRY -- 
 
3. Sri Lanka is not a significant producer of narcotics or precursor 
chemicals and plays a minor role as a transshipment route for heroin 
from India.  GSL officials work to raise internal awareness of and 
vigilance against efforts by drug traffickers attempting to use Sri 
Lanka as a transit point for illicit drug smuggling.  Domestically, 
officials are addressing a modest upsurge in domestic consumption, 
consisting of heroin, cannabis, and to a lesser extent, Ecstasy. 
 
COUNTRY ACTIONS AGAINST DRUGS IN 2009 -- 
POLICY INITIATIVES 
 
4. The lead agency for counternarcotics efforts is the Police 
Narcotics Bureau (PNB), headquartered in the capital city of 
Colombo.  The GSL remains committed to ongoing efforts to curb 
illicit drug use and trafficking. 
 
5. In the past year, the PNB recruited more officers, resulting in 
increased investigations and interdictions, and deployed field 
officers in strategic locations along the coastal belts where drug 
trafficking is active.  The PNB also conducted in-service 
counternarcotics training for police outside of the 
conflict-affected north and east and drug awareness programs in 
schools on a regular basis.  Over the past year, 22 drug prevention 
and enforcement officials from Sri Lanka participated in regional 
training opportunities. 
 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
 
6. The PNB and Excise Department worked closely to target cannabis 
producers and dealers, resulting in several successful arrests. The 
PNB warmly welcomed and has been an active partner in taking full 
advantage of U.S.-sponsored training for criminal investigative 
techniques and management practices in the past. 
 
7. Sri Lanka continued to work with the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory 
Program, a regional organization, South Asian Association for 
Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and the United Nations Office of Drugs 
and Crime (UNODC) on regional narcotics issues.  The SAARC Drug 
Offense Monitoring Desk (S India and Pakistan, 
origin countries for the majority of drugs in Sri Lanka. 
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS 
 
8. The PNB continued to cooperate closely with the Customs Service, 
the Department of Excise, and the Sri Lankan Police to curtail 
illicit drug supplies in and through the country.  As a result of 
these efforts, over the last 12 months GSL officials arrested 4,346 
persons on charges of using or dealing heroin and 8,540 persons on 
cannabis charges.  This represents an enormous drop from last year's 
9,825 and 33,848 arrests respectively, most likely a result of the 
GSL's single-minded effort to end the thirty-year war against the 
LTTE.  Police seized a total of 30 kg of heroin and 55,244 kg of 
cannabis during this last reporting period.  Arrests are done by the 
Police Narcotics Bureau, local police, Terrorism Investigation 
 
COLOMBO 00001077  002 OF 003 
 
 
Division (TID), Criminal Investigation Division(CID), Customs, 
Excise Department, Forest Department, Prisons Department and the 
Navy. 
 
9. Apart from its Colombo headquarters, the PNB has one sub-unit at 
the Bandaranaike International Airport near Colombo, complete with 
operational personnel and a team of narcotics-detecting dogs.  A 
Nepalese national was arrested at the airport in January attempting 
to smuggle 1 1/2 kilos of heroin from Thailand.  In May a Pakistani 
man and three women were detected attempting to smuggle 284 packs of 
heroin concealed in condoms, which they had swallowed.  In June, an 
Indian woman was detected attempting to smuggle in a large quantity 
of cocaine valued at Rs. 7 million. 
 
CORRUPTION 
 
10. The GSL does not, as a matter of policy, encourage or facilitate 
the illicit production or distribution of any controlled substances 
or the laundering of proceeds from illegal drug transactions.  A 
government commission established to investigate bribery and 
corruption charges against public officials that resumed operations 
in 2004 continued through 2009, although with little activity. 
There are unconfirmed reports of links between drug traffickers and 
individual corrupt officials.  However, since late 2007, there have 
been no arrests of government officials on bribery or corruption 
charges related to drugs. 
 
AGREEMENTS AND TREATIES 
 
11. Sri Lanka is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention and the 1990 
SAARC Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. 
Over the past year, Parliament passed amendments to the Convention 
Against Illicit Trafficking of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substancesotropic Substances.  Sri 
Lanka is a party to the UN Convention against Transnational 
Organized Crime, and has signed, but not yet ratified, the Protocol 
on Trafficking in Persons and the Protocol on Migrant Smuggling. 
Sri Lanka is also a party to the UN Convention against Corruption. 
An extradition treaty is in force between the U.S. and Sri Lanka.  A 
U.S.-Sri Lanka extradition treaty has been in force since January 
12, 2001.  The GSL also signed an agreement with the Russian 
Federation to cooperate more closely on extradition cases. 
 
CULTIVATION/PRODUCTION 
 
12. Some cannabis is cultivated and used locally, but there is 
little indication that it is exported.  The majority of cannabis 
cultivation occurs in the southeast jungles of Sri Lanka.  PNB and 
Excise Department officials work together to locate and eradicate 
cannabis crops.  One clandestine laboratory making synthetic drugs 
was raided in July 2008, but none since then. 
 
DRUG FLOW/TRANSIT 
 
13. The military defeat of the LTTE in May, 2009, may have changed 
the dynamics of the drug trade in Asia.  Since 1983, the LTTE was 
involved in bulk delivery of heroin and cannabis from producing 
areas in Asia to consuming countries.  Mumbai was the key link in 
the LTTE drug trade.  While Sri Lanka's coast remains highly 
vulnerable to transshipment of heroin moving from India, observers 
expect a dramatic reduction in drug-related activity in the region. 
 
 
14. Police officials state that the international airport is a major 
entry point for the transshipment of illegal narcotics through Sri 
Lanka.  Police note that the Ecstasy found in Colombo social venues 
is believed to be imported from Thailand. 
 
DOMESTIC PROGRAMS/DEMAND REDUCTION 
 
15. The Police Narcotics Bureau, the National Dangerous Drugs 
Control Board (NDDCB) and the several NGOs are carrying out 
awareness and education programs at schools and for special 
 
COLOMBO 00001077  003 OF 003 
 
 
populations.  The Sri Lanka Anti Narcotics Association is working on 
minimizing risk factors and is working on a platform of information 
technology for the empowerment of youth populations on employability 
and parenting though the internet, particularly for overseas workers 
and their families.  The Presidential Unit on Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Drugs is using enforcement tactics with a tilt towards prohibition 
for the eradication of drugs.  The NDDCB regularly conducted 
outreach among employee groups, school children and teachers, and 
community leaders. 
 
U.S. POLICY INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS -- 
POLICY INITIATIVES 
 
16. The USG remained committed to helping GSL officials develop 
increased capacity and cooperation for counternarcotics issues.  The 
USG also continued its support of a regional counternarcotics 
program, including through the Colombo Plan, which conducts regional 
and country-specific training seminars, fostering communication and 
cooperation throughout Asia.  Towards that end, the U.S. Coast Guard 
provided residential training to Sri Lankan officers in the areas of 
International Crisis, Command and Control, as well as residential 
training in Seaport Security. 
 
ROAD AHEAD 
 
17. The U.S. government will continue its commitment to aid the Sri 
Lankan police in its transition to community-focused policing 
techniques.  This will be accomplished with additional assistance 
for training.  The U.S. also expects to continue its support of 
regional and country-specific training programs.  The U.S. Drug 
Enforcement Administration attach based in New Delhi visited 
Colombo in November 2009 to coordinate anti-drug trafficking 
activities with the local police and the Embassy.  The DEA attach 
also met with the Interagency Law Enforcement Working Group at post. 
 
 
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