Married couple arrested with heroin worth over Rs. 16 million

They had been engaged in a racket of packaging heroin into small packets at their residence in Attidiya and distributing the drugs.

At the time of the arrest, the suspects had been engaged int eh process of making small packets of heroin, police said.

It was also uncovered that the arrested couple had been engaged in this racket for several years and that they have distributed the heroin packets in Mount Lavinia, Piliyandala, Moratuwa and Panadura areas.