A suspect arrested for possession of “ice” and an amount of two hundred and eighty three million and three hundred thousand rupees

A suspect who was traveling by a cab possessing 18 gram of “Ice” was arrested during the raid conducted in the Kiriwaula-Thorayaya area of the Dambulla-Kurunegala road by the police officers of the Kandy Sub-Unit of the Police Narcotics Bureau on 16.01.2025 in relation to the anti-drug crime operations implemented islandwide by the Sri Lanka Police upon the instructions given by the acting Inspector General of Police.

The suspect arrested is 39 years of age and a resident of Hangamuwa in Bogamuwa Police area.

An amount of money with the value of twenty-three million five hundred thousand rupees (Rs. 23,500,000/-), which was suspected to be earned by trafficking heroin, and about 70 pieces of different colored stones suspected to be gemstones were found in a bag under the driver’s seat of the cab in which the suspect was traveling. Further, based on the information disclosed during the interrogation of the suspect, an amount of two hundred fifty-nine million eight hundred thousand rupees (Rs. 259,800,000/-) suspected to be earned by heroin trafficking was found in a safe in the house located in the Hangamuwa area where the suspect resides, and a van belonging to the suspect that was parked in the said house was taken into custody by the police.

It has been disclosed in the investigation that this suspect is involved in drug trafficking, which was masterminded by a close relation of the suspect who is an organized criminal and also a drug trafficker currently hiding in Dubai.

The said amount more than of two hundred eighty million rupees seized by the police during the said raid is to be the highest amount of money recovered during a raid. The Police Narcotics Bureau is conducting further investigations in this regard..