Sri Lanka Police says that four suspects have been arrested with a total of 07 kilograms of ‘Ice’ (crystal methamphetamine) in Jaffna. The Police Spokesman said the Jaffna Divisional Crime Detective Bureau had conducted a special operation in the Kopai area this afternoon and arrested three suspects along with 05 kilograms of ice drug. In addition to that, having interrogated the three suspects, the main suspect has been arrested along with 02 kilograms of ice substance at Fourth Street in Jaffna Town, he said. It has also been revealed that these drugs had been smuggled into the country via the sea route from India. The Police Spokesman said that within a period of just 10 days, a total of 135 kg of ice substance have been recovered by the Sri Lanka PoliceA few days back, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) had detected 128 kilograms of ice drugs and arrested 12 suspects.

Source: The Nation April 25, 2021 14:00 UTC