A doctor attached to the Badulla Hospital has been arrested with 145 capsules which are suspected to be narcotics.
The Police stated that the doctor was arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) yesterday (14).
The doctor was arrested on information that he had been selling narcotic capsules to school children and youths via his private medical practice in the Mylagastenna area in Badulla.
The Badulla Police has taken into custody the stock of capsules which are suspected to be narcotics as well as the doctor’s vehicle.
The Police stated that the suspect will be produced before the Badulla Magistrate’s Court today (15). (NewsWire)