Five suspects who dispensed drugs without medical prescriptions and without pharmacists have been arrested, the Seeduwa Police said today (December 21).
The Seeduwa Police, with the support of the Gampaha public health inspectors and Seeduwa medical officers, yesterday raided the drug stores in the police domain.
They also raided drug stores located near schools, which had dispensed drugs without medical prescriptions and without pharmacists.
Accordingly, five suspects, aged 23, 29, 32, 53 and 65 years old and residents of Bandarawela, Welisara, Divulapitiya and Negombo, were arrested while in possession of 16,000 drug pills.
The police are conducting further investigations.
A person who carried a nine millimeter fire arm to the departure terminal of the Bandaranike International airport was arrested by airport police yesterday.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned by the Bribery Commission following a statement he made supporting MP Chamara Sampath Dissanayake who is in custody.
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