Two bodies have been found floating in the Negombo lagoon.

The Police Media Unit said the deceased persons are escapees from a Drug Rehabilitation Centre in the Farmwatte area in Negombo, adding that they met with this tragic end while escaping from the rehabilitation centre.

The victims are residents of Elakanda and Dehiwala.

It has been revealed that seven inmates of the rehabilitation centre had escaped.

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