Colombo HC sentences male to life in jail for heroin possession

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Colombo High Court has sentenced a 59-year-old individual to life imprisonment for the possession of 6.61 grams of heroin.The order was
issued by Colombo High Court Judge Amal Ranaraja when the case was taken up for consideration today (03).In 2021, the accused was arrested
during a raid in the Badowita area of the Mount Lavinia police division while in possession of 6.61 grams of heroin, following which the
Attorney General filed a case before the Colombo High Court.After a lengthy trial, Judge Ranaraja stated that the charges brought by the
prosecution against the accused had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.