19 arrested at an FB party in Millaniya

An owner of a hotel and 18 others including 5 females were arrested with drugs during a raid on a party organised through Facebook at a hotel in Bellantudawa in Millaniya yesterday.

The police also recovered 2.4 grams of heroin, 13 grams of cannabis and five narcotic pills in possession of the suspects.

The arrested aged between 17 and 60 were identified as residents of Bandaragama, Mellamulla, Dehiwala, Panadura, Dodangoda, Yatiyana, Kaduwela, Horana and Boralesgamuwa.

They would be produced in the Horana Magistrate's Court today.