Rambadagalle Magistrate G.N. Priyadarshanie sentenced a youth to three years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing 70 milligrams of heroin, recently.
The suspect is 18 years old and had pleaded guilty to the charges. The magistrate had also ordered him to be sent to a rehabilitation centre.
Meanwhile, Kurunegala Police arrested a private bus driver and conductor who had 2.187 grams of heroin in their possession, recently. The arrest was made in the Kurunegala town while the bus was plying between Vavuniya and Kurunegala.
The suspects, aged 27 and 28, are residents of Galgamuwa, Kurunegala.
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