Wele Suda’s mother and cousin arrested with heroin

The mother and a cousin brother of imprisoned drug baron Samantha Kumara alias ‘Wele Suda’ have been arrested for the possession of heroin. 

They were arrested in the Wellawatta area with 20 grams of heroin following a raid carried out by the Department of Excise.The arrested suspects were produced before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Samantha Kumara was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court in October 2015 for the possession of heroin.