President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) for an urgent inspection tour a short while ago of the heroin valued at more than Rs 2.9 billion that was seized last night (Feb 23).
The President had made inquiries regarding the contraband which is reported to weigh 294.49 kilograms.
During discussions President Sirisena conveyed his appreciation towards the efforts taken by officers attached to the PNB and the Special Task Force who were involved in uncovering the drug racket.
President Sirisena taking to his official Twitter handle said that he would continue to support such drug busts in future.
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විශාලතම විෂ මත්ද්රව්ය තොගය වැටලූ විශේෂ කාර්ය බලකායට සහ පොලිස් මත්ද්රව්ය නාශක කාර්යාංශයට මාගේ ගෞරවය පුද කරමි.
මෙම ක්රියාව මතු අනාගතය බාරගන්නා දූ දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් කල උදාර මෙහෙවරක් ලෙස මා සලකන අතර මෙවන් වැටලීම් සදහා මාගේ පූර්ණ සහයෝගය සෑම විටම ලබා දෙමි.— Maithripala Sirisena (@MaithripalaS) February 24, 2019
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