High Courts in Sri Lanka have sentenced 09 suspects, including foreign nationals, who were apprehended during three raids conducted by the Police Anti-Narcotics Unit since 2016 on large-scale drug operations.
According to the Police, two Iranians and five Pakistanis who were arrested for the possession of 45.654 kilos of heroin in April 2020 were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Colombo High Court on June 26, 2023.
Meanwhile, an individual who was arrested in Pannipitiya for the possession of 38.7 grams of heroin and remanded by the Homagama Magistrate’s Court in December 2016, has been sentenced to life by the Homagama High Court on June 28, 2023.
A Nigerian who was arrested for the possession of 1.744 kilos of cocaine in May 2016 and later remanded has been sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on July 06, 2023. (NewsWire)
