Two arrested with 2,820 capsules of potent painkiller

The interrogation of a person arrested with 120 capsules of a potent painkiller without a prescription, near the Kallaru roadblock, at Silavathurai, on Friday (15), led to the recovery of 2,700 Pregabalin capsules from a house at Nanattan, Achchanakulam, on the same day. Another person was taken into custody there.

Navy headquarters said that troops and officers of the Division Crime Investigation Bureau Mannar had carried out the operation that led to the arrest of the suspects.

The suspects were identified as residents of Silawathura and Nanattan areas, aged 22 and 23, respectively. They, together with medicinal drugs, were handed over to the Silawathura police for legal action.