Haul of mobile phones, SIMs, accessories taken into custody from prisons

In a special search operations conducted in Negombo, Colombo, Bogambara and Boossa prisons yesterday, 82 mobile phones, 55 SIM cards, batteries, and chargers, have been taken into custody.

Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said officers of the Negombo Prison Intelligence Unit found 61 mobile phones, 51 SIM cards, 71 batteries, 30 chargers, 16g of heroin, and 2g of cannabis from the cells of Negombo Prison.

“Prison officers also found two mobile phones from Colombo Remand Prison, four mobile phones from Bogambara Prison, twelve phones from Magazine Prison, one battery and three mobile phones, four SIM cards, four batteries and one phone charger from the Boossa Prison,” he said.

The special search operation in the Boossa Prison was jointly conducted by the Prisons officials and the Special Task Force. 

Upuldeniya said the officials would conduct further investigations and raids to combat drug mafia and other organised crimes carried out by some noted underworld criminals serving imprisonment.