Heroin kingpin’s accomplice arrested

Indika POLKOTUWA

Kandy Police yesterday took into custody a person who is alleged to be the chief accomplice of the kingpin of the heroin trade in the Kandy area. Police have also taken into custody 30 packets of heroin from the suspect’s residence at Lewella, Kandy. Police said the suspect has been in Police custody several times earlier too.

A team of officials led by OIC Kandy Anti-Narcotics Unit Inspector Thushara Samarakoon are conducting further investigations under instructions from Kandy SSP Ranjith Kasturiratne.