Two Sri Lankan police officers and a member of a paramilitary have been remanded for a further 14 days after being arrested in possession of cannabis in Mannar on October 19.
The arrested paramilitary member is reported to be K Pushpakumar alias Iniyaparathi of Karuna’s TMVP group and now Amparai organiser for Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s SLPP.
Over 164 kilograms of cannabis was discovered in the group’s luxury vehicle by the Sri Lankan Navy.
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