3 arrested with 38 packets of heroin

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The Welikada Police arrested a 32-year-old woman and two other suspects who were alleged to have had in their possession 38 packets of heroin each weighing 40 milligrams.

The arrest was made by a fourteen-member police team led by the Police Inspector D.D. Ajith Shantha of the Walana Anti-Vice Squad on the instructions of DIG Ajith Wickramasekera, ASP Prashantha and the Walana Anti-Vice Squad OIC IP Balasuriya with the assistance of three sniffer dogs while the woman was in a house on Arunodaya Mawatha in Rajagiriya. The suspects were produced in the Aluthkade Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Chaturanga Pradeep)

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Peter Wednesday, 04 June 2014 11:33 AM

This is only a small catch. How about netting the big fish.

Muthyavan. Thursday, 05 June 2014 08:43 PM

It is part of the Srilankan economy. The other part is the casinos and middle east earnings. via DM iPad app

M.O.A.Careem Wednesday, 04 June 2014 10:05 PM

big or small - same value

Public Wednesday, 04 June 2014 10:51 AM

Well! any high profile politician in arrested three?

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