Man used son as shield while dealing drugs

6 April 2018 08:21 am Views - 20050

A man who was in the habit of peddling drugs on the pretext of taking his son to pre-school was nabbed by the police in Udubaddawa yesterday.

The Dummalasuriya Police had taken the suspect who was distributing narcotics on orders received by him on the phone into custody. They found two grammes of heroin in his possession.He was said to have been trafficking drugs in a 3-wheeler.

The 28-year-old suspect was from Narassana in Thalathuoya in the Kandy district. (Tilak Rajapaksha - Dummalasuriya)