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IJFSC Case Report Apr 26, 2025
Ingenious Deception: Heroin Concealed in Plastic Potatoes Smuggled
Premathilaka UWS*, Kodithuwakku KADC and Rajapakse PSK

Drug trafficking, the most widespread and profitable form of organized crime globally, continuously evolves to outsmart law enforcement through innovative methods such as conceal…

Heroin Concealment Methods Smuggling
IJFSC Case Report Mar 7, 2024
Identification of Cathine in Unknown White Crystalline Substance in Sri Lanka
Kumarapeli CP*, Kathriarachchi UL, Rathnapala KV, Kodithuwakku KADC, Jayasekara VS and Rajapakse PSK

The drug abuse in Sri Lanka is continuously grown fast and variety of new narcotic drugs comes to the market day by day. Cathine {(1S,2S)-2-amino-1-phenylpropan-1-ol} is a monoami…

Cathine Cathinone Phenylpropanolamine
IJFSC Case Report Mar 7, 2024
Identification of Precursors of MDMA in Unknown Substances in Sri Lanka
Jayasekera VS*, Kathriarachchi UL Kumarapeli CP, Rathnapala KV, Kodithuwakku KADC, and Rajapakse PSK

Government Analyst’s Department of Sri Lanka has observed a significant increase in the number of court case samples received for the analysis with regards to the synthetic drugs,…

Precursor Chemicals Ecstacy Synthetic Drugs
IJFSC Case Report Jan 17, 2024
Investigating the Illicit Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Drugs in Sri Lanka-A Case Study on the Underworld of Counterfeit Drugs
Ratnapala KV*, Kumarapeli CP, Kodithuwakku KADC, Kathriarachchi UL, Jayasekara VS and Rajapakse PSK

The pharmaceutical drug industry is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of drugs and medications, which plays a major role in the healthcare industry. …

Pharmaceuticals Illicit Manufacture Raman Spectroscopy
IJFSC Case Report Jan 17, 2024
Heroin Smuggling-Ingenious Techniques-A Case Study on the Development of a Suitable Extraction Procedure for Identification and Quantification of Heroin Impregnated in Rubber Carpets
Kodithuwakku KADC*, Rathnapala KV, Kathriarachchi UL, Kumarapeli CP, Jayasekara VS and Rajapakse PSK

The method of impregnation of heroin into some material is a very crafty modus operandi deployed by the drug smugglers globally. The complicated nature of this method makes it ext…

Concealment Methods Heroin Smuggling
IJFSC Case Report Dec 27, 2023
Unveiling the Threads – A Case Study on the Forensic Identification and Quantification of Cocaine Impregnated in Fabric Using GC-FID
Ratnapala KV*, Kodithuwakku KADC, Kumarapeli CP, Kathriarachchi UL, Jayasekara VS and Rajapakse PSK

Drug traffickers use different concealment methods to transport cocaine worldwide. Impregnation of cocaine into fabric, clothing and rubber is one of the concealment methods that …

Forensic Chemistry Drug Smuggling Cocaine
IJFSC Case Report Dec 27, 2023
Identification of Synthetic Cathinones in Unknown Substances in Sri Lanka
Kodithuwakku KADC*, Rathnapala KV, Kathriarachchi UL, Kumarapeli CP, Jayasekara VS and Rajapakse PSK

There is a high tendency of ‘legal highs’ entering the local drug market. Most of the countries including Sri Lanka have controlled these drugs, because of their adverse side effe…

Synthetic Cathinones Qualitative Analysis GC-MS