Puttalam District parliamentarian Ali Sabri Raheem has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) along with a stock of undeclared gold.
The Customs officials on duty at the airport have impounded a total of 3.5kg of undeclared gold from the possession of the parliamentarian who was returning to the island from overseas.
MP Raheem was elected to parliament from the Muslim National Alliance (MNA) and is the chairman of the Kalpitiya-Puttalam Regional Development Committee.