Sri Lanka: Insee Ecocyle, the waste management subsidiary of Insee Group, has helped the Sri Lanka Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) and National Dangerous Drugs Control Board dispose of nearly 1t of cocaine. Confiscated narcotics were burnt in the kiln of Insee Cement plant at Puttalam. according to the Daily Financial Times newspaper. This is the first time that cocaine has been disposed of in this fashion in Sri Lanka.
The confiscated cocaine hydrochloride was co-processed through a liquid feeding channel. It was liquefied in an aqueous medium at the Insee Ecocycle pre-processing facility in Katunayake with the addition of a colouring agent for visual differentiation. The liquefied material was then transported for final disposal to the Puttalam cement plant in purpose-built hazardous waste transporting vehicles, escorted by PNB officials. The local authorities are also considering using the same process to dispose of other illegal recreational drugs including heroin and cannabis.
