A bus traveling from Colombo to Anuradhapura was checked yesterday (18) by the Mahawa Police in Ella area.
It is reported that 143 grams of heroin worth more than 30 lakh rupees was found near the driver’s seat of the bus.
There was a small parcel near the driver’s seat and although the driver claimed that it was his rice parcel, when the police checked it, they found this heroin.
It is said that the driver of the arrested bus is going to be produced before the Mahawa Magistrate’s Court today.
The 43-year-old man is a resident of Rajanganaya area.