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Person gets life imprisonment for possession of 2 g heroin
Jul 02, 201801:49 PM
A person has received a life sentence with hard labor, by the order of the Colombo High Court, for the possession of 2.18 g of heroin and smuggling.
The verdict was delivered by the Colombo High Court Judge Sampath Abeykoon on to a person living in Borella named Pushpa Jayantha Perera.
The suspect had been arrested in the Peliyagoda area in a raid conducted by the coastal police, in 2010.
The Attorney General had filed the case against the suspect for the possession and smuggling of drugs.
After a long-drawn court case, the suspect was found guilty by Judge Abeykoon.
Accordingly, he was ordered to be imprisoned for life as per the verdict.
