A stock of 494 kg and 48 g of heroin is to be destroyed at 10.00 am today (April 28).
Legal proceedings of these drugs have been concluded after being seized during narcotics raids.
Police Media Spokesman, SSP Buddika Manatunga, stated that the drugs are scheduled to be destroyed in an incinerator belonging to INSEE Cement located in the Palaviya area, Puttalam.
Accordingly, police stated that at 7.00 a.m. today, the drug stockpile will be taken into custody by the SL Police from the High Court and taken to the Palaviya area in Puttalam under high security.
Part of the drug haul – 250 kg and 996 g of heroin was seized from 06 foreign nationals during a joint Sri Lanka Navy and Police Narcotics Bureau raid on 15.12.2021. The other portion – 243 kg and 052 g of heroin was seized from 07 foreign nationals in a similar raid on 19.04.2022.
