It has been revealed that the drug called ice is being brought to this country in large numbers from India through sea routes.
The Police Narcotics Bureau and the Police Special Task Force have also received information that ice drug packages hidden in fishing boats are taken from Mannar to Colombo and its surrounding areas and distributed using passenger buses, trains and other vehicles.
Accordingly, according to the information received by the Special Task Force, a suspect was arrested with a car yesterday, along with about three and a half kilos of ice drug brought from Mannar for distribution. The arrest was carried out in Handala area.
The value of the drugs is Rs. 50 million and the drug stock along with the suspect has been handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigation.