Doctor arrested with narcotic capsules to be sold to schoolchildren
February 15, 2023 08:31 am
A doctor at the Provincial General Hospital in Badulla has been arrested with 145 narcotic capsules in total that were intended to be sold to children, Sri Lanka Police say.
The arrest was made by the Police Special Task Force (STF) last night.
Investigators had launched a raid after receiving a tip-off which claimed that the doctor question had been involved in selling drugs to schoolchildren at his private medical clinic in Mailagasthenna, Badulla for some time now.
Along with the stock of narcotic capsules, the suspect’s car was also seized by the STF personnel.
The doctor in question will be produced before the Badulla Magistrate’s Court today (Feb. 15).
