Seized drugs turning into ‘flour’ during legal process – Justice Minister

 

Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says that there is an increasing trend of seized drugs such as heroin returning to the streets and going back into the hands of people.

Speaking in the parliament Monday (Dec.05), he emphasized that although it is taken into discussion less, the matter of dangerous drugs has impacted the country unfavourably, while adding that nearly 500,000 youths have become addicted to dangerous drugs so far.

Minister Rajapakshe also highlighted that dangerous drugs such as ‘Ice’ (crystal methamphetamine) were not declared illegal until the laws were enforced declaring them as illegal narcotics on November 10.“Laws were drafted to sentence the convicts to death and life imprisonment regarding the drug-related offences”, he said.