Bus driver arrested in Jaffna for alleged cannabis driving
A bus driver on the Jaffna-Kayts route was arrested for allegedly driving under cannabis influence and remanded. He was later released on two surety bails after his lawyer said Ayurvedic treatment could explain the test signs.
A bus driver who was carrying passengers from Jaffna to Urkavathurai (Kayts) was
arrested last Friday on suspicion of driving after using drugs.[1]The
allegation reported against him was driving while under the influence of
cannabis (ganja).[1]Police produced him before the Urkavathurai court the
next day, and the court ordered him held on remand until Tuesday, 3 November
2026.[1]
The remanded driver was produced again in court when the case was taken up for
hearing on that Tuesday.[1]His lawyer told the court that his client had not
used drugs.[1]The lawyer said the driver was undergoing Ayurvedic medical
treatment.[1]To support the explanation that the treatment could have
produced signs of drug use in testing, the lawyer showed the court a medical
report, an Ayurvedic doctor’s confirmation report and the medicines being used,
and applied for bail.[1]
The court then allowed the driver to be released on two surety bails.[1][2]The
court adjourned the case to January for the next hearing.[1][2]
The court that first produced him ordered the driver held on remand until Tuesday, 3 November 2026.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Released
1
Agency type
Police
Activity
Use
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Northern Province
Date
Approximate
Sources
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The arrest date is inferred as Friday 30 October 2026 from 'last Friday' relative to the 3 November 2026 publication; no separate arrest date is stated.
No test method, test result, cannabis quantity, or seizure was reported.
No further court outcome beyond bail and adjournment to January was reported.
Only one source for this event was found; searches in Tamil and English did not locate a second account.
The Tamilwin account does not give the remand end date; 3 November 2026 comes from the IBC Tamil report.
Neither account states a test method, a cannabis quantity or any further court outcome.
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