Ganja chena raided in Wasgamuwa [March 22 2014]

Walana Panadura Anti Vice Striking Unit today arrested three men along with 60kilograms of cannabis following a raid in Wasgamuwa.

A special police team sent from Colombo on a tip off detected a three and half acre Ganja cultivation which had been maintained in the dense forest of the Wasgamuwa Birds Sanctuary in the Wilgamuwa Police area.

The police seized 6, 500 plants of cannabis along with a shotgun used by the suspects. They were residents of Buttala area, the police said.

The suspects had been handed over to the Wilgamuwa Police to be produced in courts. OIC Walana Panadura Anti Vice Striking Unit CI Duminda Balasuriya is conducting further investigations.