Police Constable interdicted for smoking cannabis while on duty
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on January 8, 2024 - 7:00 am
A Police Constable (PC) of Habaraduwa police has been interdicted for smoking cannabis while on duty.
According to sources, a Chief Inspector (CI) had arrested him and produced him before the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) at Karapitiya Hospital where the suspect was reported to be a drug addict.
He was interdicted by the Galle SP Sanath Amarasinghe on the JMO’s report.
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