COLOMBO (News 1st):- A 48-year-old resident of Ekala, Ja-Ela has been arrested for his involvement in a heroin racket.

He was arrested near the Wijaya Kumaratunga hospital in Negombo along with more than 501g of heroin.

He is due to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate Courts.

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