Police Narcotics Bureau and Athimale officers raided a cannabis plantation in the protected Kebiliththa area of Kotiyagala on 9 March 2026, seizing 55,220 plants grown across approximately two acres. A 34-year-old resident of Embilipitiya was taken into custody in connection with the cultivation.
🇱🇰 Kebiliththa protected area, Kotiyagala, Athimale, Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Police Narcotics Bureau officers and Athimale Police raided a cannabis plantation in the protected area of Kebiliththa, Kotiyagala, on 9 March 2026.[1]
The officers seized 55,220 cannabis plants grown across approximately two acres, with the plants nearly six feet and ten inches tall.[1]
Police took a 34-year-old Embilipitiya resident into custody in connection with the cultivation and presented him to Athimale Police for further legal proceedings.[1]
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