The Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a woman who was in possession of more than 1 kilogram of ‘Ice’ (Crystal Methamphetamine) today (07).
The woman, famously known as ‘Kudu Dhanu’, has, in the past, run the drug syndicate of the notorious drug peddler and criminal figure “Matara Kalpa”, who is currently absconding arrest by hiding abroad.
The arrest was made in the Angoda area of Wellampitiya Police Division, according to police.
Accordingly, police have taken custody of 1 kilogram and 50 grams of ‘Ice’, an electronic scale, Rs. 12,000 in cash suspected to have been earned through drug peddling and a mobile phone, which was in the possession of ‘Kudu Dhanu’ at the time of her arrest.
The arrested suspect, along with the impounded drugs, has been handed over to Police Narcotics Bureau for onward legal action, the police revealed.
