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Grocery store supplying heroin to schoolchildren raided
View(s):A clandestine heroin operation from within a grocery store located close to a leading school in Horana, to supply students and other users, was busted earlier this week, according to police.
Police sources said four suspects were arrested with 1,410 mg of heroin, by undercover sleuths from the Walana Police Anti Corruption Strike Force.
Investigators found that bulk of the customers were high school students and other youth from the surrounding areas, and that the operation had been in existence for some time.The raid was carried out on information provided by residents of the area, police said.