Navy assists to apprehend a person possessed drugs

SL Navy in coordination with Sri Lanka Police apprehended a person with 10g of local cannabis, during a raid conducted in Modara area, on 15^th December 2019.

In order to eradicate the drug menace from the island, another combined anti drug operation was carried out by the Navy in coordination with Sri Lanka Police, in Modara area. Accordingly, a suspicious three wheeler was searched at a road block in Modara, jointly manned by SL Navy and SL Police. This amount of cannabis was found in the possession of the person who was in the three wheeler and he along with the three wheeler was apprehended.

The apprehended suspect was identified as a resident of Mattakkuliya area aged 26 and further investigation on the suspect, three wheeler and the amount of cannabis are conducted by Modara Police.