Drug trafficker sentenced
Kapila Somaratne
Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Malanee Gunaratne sentenced an
accused in a Heroin drug trafficking case to five years imprisonment in
each count and fined him Rs 100,000.
In this case S Kandasamy was indicted by the Attorney General on two
counts namely possessing and trafficking heroin not less than one gram.
The accused pleaded guilty.
The Judge stated that the accused had five previous convictions on
similar charges and there is no purpose in granting a suspended
sentence.
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