Colombo (News 1st): Police Special Task Force personnel attached to the Horana base discovered a consignment of dust tea contaminated with a chemical from a Tea Factory in Mahagama, Bulathsinhala.

Security Forces discovered 178 kilograms and 400 grams of contaminated dust tea from the site.

Samples were immediately sent to the Sri Lanka Tea Board for testing and the entire consignment was handed over to them for investigations.

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