Three arrested in Peliyagoda with narcotics haul

Peliyagoda Police in a raid conducted near the State Engineering Corporation on the Negombo road in Peliyagoda arrested three persons along with Cocaine, Kush and Hash drugs worth over Rs.300 million. They had attempted to bribe the police officers with Rs.3mn to let them go.

A kilo of cocaine, twenty four kilos of hashish and eight kilos of kush, a jeep and a three-wheeler were also taken into custody by the police.

The raid was carried out by the officers on the night mobile patrol of the Peliyagoda Police. After observing several people loading some goods into the jeep from a three-wheeler, police during further investigations conducted at the place had found three cardboard boxes and four suitcases in the three-wheeler.

Police said that these drugs were stored in bags and cardboard boxes.

The suspects had tried to offer a bribe of Rs.3 mn to the police officers to let them go.

The arrested suspects are between the ages of 33 and 49 and are residents of Nattandiya and Wattala.