Five nabbed with heroin worth over Rs 8 m
YASARATNE GAMAGE
Special Task Force (STF) officers arrested five suspects with more
than a kg of heroin valued at over Rs 8 million in their possession in
Maharagama and Ratmalana. A STF team headed by I P Sagara Kulasekara
conducted a raid at a location on the Maharagama-Piliyandala road on
Tuesday afternoon and arrested three suspects with 566.570 grammes of
heroin packed in polythene sachets printed with a label Shakthi Chilli
Powder. An electronic scale, two 9mm bullets, Rs 65,000 and the three
wheeler they were travelling were also seized by the STF.
Another three suspects were arrested opposite the People’s Bank at
Maliban junction, Ratmalana with 445.360 grammes of heroin the same day
around 5.30 pm.
The suspects and the seized items have been handed over to Anti
Narcotics Bureau for investigations. |