A seven day detention order has been imposed on a suspect who was arrested with 75 grams of heroin, a foreign 0.38 mm pistol and six bullets.
The suspect was arrested following a tip-off by officers attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) in the vicinity of the Kanduboda Meditation Centre at around 7:10 pm on April 10.
He was produced before the Pugoda Magistrates Court before being issued a detention order yesterday.
Police have identified the suspect as S. Pradeep Saliya, a resident of Dekatana.
PNB officers are conducting further investigations into the suspect.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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