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Was Angoda Lokka setting up drug smuggling network in India?
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Was Angoda Lokka setting up drug smuggling network in India?

According to Indian probe agencies, Sri Lanka’s underworld figure Angoda Lokka, who died under mysterious circumstances in July, was developing a local network for smuggling drugs under the garb of supplying protein supplements to gyms.“The protein supplement business could be a cover for dealing in drugs, given that Lokka was part of the syndicate in Sri Lanka which ran a major drug trafficking racket. Just a few days ago, the Sri Lankan authorities seized 42 kg of heroin at the instance of one of his close accomplices, Shabdeen Zubair, who was arrested along with three others,” said a government official familiar with the findings.The investigators have also detected a “hawala” channel being run from Dubai, through which funds were also being managed for Lokka.“Payments for the heroin co