Suspect arrested with narcotics worth over Rs. 10 million

The Western Province South Crime Division arrested an individual who distributes drug stocks to various locations based on incoming calls, along with a stock of narcotics worth over 10 million rupees. Police took into custody 906 grams of heroin, 210 grams of the illicit drug ICE, and two mobile phones used for the trafficking operations alongside the suspect.

The Western Province South District Crime Division received information that an individual directly connected to a major drug network was carrying a stock of narcotics and would leave the Embiila Gahawatta area in Boralesgamuwa within about an hour, which enabled them to arrest the suspect.

Interrogations of the arrested suspect revealed that he divides and distributes wholesale drug stocks exactly as received from Sajith Akalanka, alias 'Kos Malli', who is an alleged large-scale drug trafficker and organised criminal. Police stated it was further revealed from the suspect that he receives a monthly salary of 100,000 rupees for these activities.

The arrested suspect is a 30-year-old individual residing in a rented house in the same area. Authorities plan to obtain detention orders against the suspect to conduct further investigations.