Sri Lanka Police say approximately 200 kilos of narcotics, including Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE) and heroin, have been found in a lorry in Tangalle.
According to the Police, the narcotics were found in the lorry that was parked near a house in Seenimodara in Tangalle, from which two bodies were recovered earlier today.
The Police stated that an individual who had been hospitalised due to alleged poisoning had died while receiving treatment, after which his child had revealed that he had been drinking with other individuals in a house in Seenimodara.
Upon inspection, the Police had found two more bodies in the house, alongside a stock of narcotics.
Preliminary investigations into the incident reveal that the stock of narcotics found near the bodies is suspected to be Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE).
According to the Police, further investigations are ongoing. (Newswire)