Police find drugs in car abandoned during Sri Lankan highway operation
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- A driver fled after leaving a car during a police inspection at the Kaduwela entrance to Sri Lanka’s Outer Circular Highway.
- Police said they found 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine and 84 grams and 44 milligrams of heroin in the abandoned vehicle.
- Officers pursued the suspect toward Biyagama but did not arrest him.
A driver abandoned a car and fled when police stopped it for inspection at the Kaduwela entrance to Sri Lanka’s Outer Circular Highway, according to highway police.
Police said they recovered 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine and 84 grams and 44 milligrams of heroin from the vehicle. The driver reportedly stopped the car a short distance away, got out and ran toward Biyagama.
A police team, including Sergeant 819 Mahinda from the highway division, had been conducting operations at the Kaduwela and Kadawatha entry and exit points. Officers stopped the small car as it approached the highway from Kadawatha and asked the driver to get out so they could check whether he had been drinking.
Police chased the driver but failed to catch him. They later searched the abandoned car and found the drugs, police said.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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