32-year-old arrested in Hokandara with 2 kg of kush cannabis
A 32-year-old man was arrested in Hokandara on 30 August 2026 while allegedly transporting more than 2 kilograms of ‘Kush’ cannabis in a car, Sri Lanka's Police Special Task Force said. Police found Rs 39,290 in cash with the drugs and said the man, whom the STF placed in Kalalgoda, remained in custody.
🇱🇰 Wanaguru Mawatha, Hokandara · Sri Lanka
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 2 kg
Officers of the Police Special Task Force’s Special Operations Unit III arrested
a man on 30 August 2026, acting on intelligence received.[1] He was 32 years
old, and the STF said he lived in Kalalgoda.[2] Newswire reported that the man
was taken into custody in the Hokandara area while transporting over 2 kilograms
of narcotics in a motor vehicle.[1] Ada Derana named the substance as ‘Kush’
cannabis and said the arrest was made in a car in the Wanaguru Mawatha area of
Hokandara.[2]
The STF said it recovered the consignment in his possession during a raid
carried out on information received.[2]
The raid took place in front of a fuel station within the Malabe Police
Division.[1] Police found Rs 39,290 in cash with the drugs.[1] Newswire
described him as a man from Pannipitiya.[1]
He remained in custody while further investigations continued.[1] Malabe
police were handling the inquiry.[3]
Sources
- 32‑year‑old arrested with over 02 kilos of drugs and cash. Newswire, 31 August 2026.
- Man arrested while transporting over 2kg of ‘Kush’ in Hokandara. Ada Derana, 31 August 2026.
- හෝකන්දරදී රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 50කට අධික කුෂ් මත්ද්රව්ය සමඟ සැකකරුවෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට…. TTV News, 31 August 2026. In Sinhala.
Open questions the AI reported
- Ada Derana reported the arrest on 31 August without giving its date; Newswire said it happened the previous day, 30 August, the date used here.
- The STF gave the suspect's home as Kalalgoda and Newswire as Pannipitiya; police did not name him.
- The weight is given as more than 2 kilograms by Ada Derana and Newswire, and as 2 kilograms, 105 grams and 600 milligrams by TTV News.
- No charge, court appearance or sentence has been reported.
- TTV News headlined the haul as worth more than Rs 5 million (Rs 50 lakh) but gave no basis for the estimate in its text, so no value is recorded.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in TTV News: TTV News put the load at 2 kilograms, 105 grams and 600 milligrams.