A team of officers from the Western North Unit of the Police Special Task Force has arrested a person in possession of 52.6g of ‘ICE’ in a raid conducted in the Kendaliyaddapaluwa area of Ragama on Tuesday (11).
According to the Police, the suspect, who is a 34-year-old resident of the same area, has been handed over to the Ragama Police for further investigations.
In a separate incident, officers from the Puwarasankulam camp of the Police Special Task Force conducted a liquor raid in the Iraniiluppukulam area of the Madu Police Division, Mannar, at midnight yesterday.
As a result, a 25-year-old suspect from the same area was arrested along with 25l of illegal liquor, 80l of Goda and a copper pot, along with equipment used for the production of liquor. He has been handed over to the Madu Police.
The Police also arrested a suspect with 160 litres of Goda in a raid conducted by the Hali Ela camp of the Police Special Task Force in the Dickwella area yesterday.
The 40-year-old suspect, a resident of the same area, has been handed over to the Hali Ela police station. (Newswire)