Mother arrested for delivering heroin to son in prison

By Norman Palihawadane

The Kalutara North Police said that a woman was arrested on Wednesday (14) for carrying heroin to give to an inmate of the Kalutara Malwatta Prison.

The police said that the suspect had brought a pair of shorts to give to her son, who was in prison, and the prison officers became suspicious and upon searching the garment found more than five grams of heroin wrapped in paper and hidden in the hem.

The 53-year-old mother, a resident of Kalutara Wilegoda, who has been arrested, is scheduled to be produced before the Kalutara Magistrate’s Court. The Kalutara North Police are conducting investigations.