The Colombo High Court today began the trial at which Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias 'Wele Suda' is charged with the possession and peddling of 7.05 grams of heroin in Mount Lavinia in 2008.

Trial would be held on a day-to-day basis

The Attorney General indicted the accused on two counts and said he had committed a punishable offence under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 13 of 1984.

A Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officer who arrested Wele Suda on December 14, 2008 testified in Court when the case was taken up for hearing by High Court Judge P. Padman Surasena. The trial will continue today (12).

The PNB had arrested Wele Suda on charges of possessing and peddling 7.05 grams of heroin in Mount Lavinia on December 14, 2008. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)