Man arrested with 4000 packets of heroin

27 July 2016 03:44 pm

A man was arrested with 4000 packets of heroin in Athurugiriya Town this morning on information received by the Mirihana Special Crime Investigation unit, police said.

He was arrested while transporting the packets of heroin on a motorbike.

Police arrested another man and recovered three motorbikes, five mobile phones, a cash counting machine and a scale during a raid on a nearby house following the information revealed by the suspect on questioning.

 They are to be produced in the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court tomorrow.

 

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