A suspect arrested by the Ruwanwella Police has died on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Chanaka Priyashanka (26). He is a resident of Avissawella Samarugama.
Ruwanwella Police say that the officers of the Medagoda Police had arrested this person for possession of the narcotic called Ice.
Police said that while the man was being brought to the Ruwanwella police station, he was taken to the Avissawella hospital midway as he developed a condition similar to epilepsy from which he died.