Two including female arrested with heroin
December 14, 2018 09:41 am
Two individuals including a female have been arrested in Peliyagoda area for the possession of heroin.
The arrest was made by the officers of Western Province Intelligence Unit during a raid carried out at around 11.05 last night (13).
One suspect was taken into custody near Thorana Junction in Peliyagoda along with 40 g 350 mg of heroin.
Based on the information obtained from interrogating the suspect, a female was apprehended near the Kelaniya roundabout in Peliyagoda. The police have seized 75 g 789 mg of heroin in possession of the female.
The first arrestee is a 25-year-old youth residing in Waharaka area while the female suspect (53) is a resident of Maligawatta area.
The suspects are to be produced before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court No.05 today (14).
