Colombo (News 1st): 04 people engaged in the cultivation of marijuana inside the Mau Ara forest reserve in Wellawaya were arrested. The police arrested them with Rs 7mn worth of marijuana.

Police said the men were engaged in this illegal act under the guise of cultivating plantains and they will be produced at the Wellawaya Magistrate’s Court.

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