The bodies of two individuals have been discovered washed ashore in the Negombo Lagoon strip near the Sedawatta Church in Pamunugama.
One of the bodies had been found at around 6.00pm yesterday, according to information received by police, while the other was found in the same lagoon strip at 2.00am this morning.
The deceased have been identified as a 41-year-old resident of Prithipura, Elakanda while the other man is a 36-year-old from Malwatta Road in Dehiwala, police said.
Preliminary inquiries have uncovered that the two men had died while escaping from a rehabilitation center for drug addicts in the Palmwatta area.
The bodies have been placed at the location, under police protection, until the magistrate’s inquiry is conducted, police said.
