Eight students nabbed for smoking marijuana

27 December 2013 04:28 am

A group of eight students of several leading international schools in Colombo were arrested by the Kollupitiya police on Christmas day for allegedly smoking marijuana at a leading shopping mall in Colombo.

The arrest was made following a tip off that a group of students were smoking marijuana.

The teenagers had told the police they were friends of a leading social media network and decided to meet following online chats via mobile phones. The Colombo Fort Acting Magistrate released the suspects on surety bail of Rs.50,000 each.   (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)