The police managed to arrest two drug smugglers who escaped by cutting iron rods of the Dickwella police cell within 24 hours after the escape.
On the 1st of September, two suspects were arrested with 2750 mg and 2550 mg of heroin by a team of Dickwella police officers. The two suspects were taken to the police station and kept in the police cell.
The two of them, who were kept in the police cell, cut the iron rods of the cell and escaped from the police station by sneaking through it.
The police officers did not know that the suspects who were kept in the police cell had escaped until several hours later. Immediately after learning about it, the police conducted an investigation and arrested the two suspects in the Kottegoda area.