25-year-old held with 558 g of Kush and hard drugs in Madiwela, Kotte
Police in Madiwela, Kotte, arrested a 25-year-old local resident in a night raid on 6 November 2026 and seized 558 grams of Kush, a cannabis product, along with heroin and crystal methamphetamine. The Western Province North Crime Division, which ran the raid on received information, said investigations were continuing.
Officers of the Western Province North Crime Division arrested a 25-year-old man
in Madiwela, Kotte, during a night raid on 6 November 2026 and found heroin,
crystal methamphetamine and Kush in his possession.[1]
Police said officers seized558 grams of Kush from the suspect, alongside the
heroin and methamphetamine taken in the same raid.[1]
The suspect is a resident of Madiwela in Kotte, and the raid was carried out by
a team of officers acting on information received during the night.[1]
The Western Province North Crime Division, the police unit that carried out the
raid, said it was continuing its investigations into the case.[1]
Kush is a cannabis product, and its 558 grams are the only cannabis in the haul;
the heroin and methamphetamine found in the same raid are not counted as
cannabis figures here.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
558 g
Agency
Western Province North Crime Division
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (558 g)
Activity
Possession
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Western Province
Sources
Newswirenewswire.lkThree types of drugs, including over 3kg of Heroin, seized in Madiwela
Open questions the AI reported
Only the Newswire account of this raid could be opened; no police statement or second outlet reporting the Madiwela seizure was found.
The account names the substance only as Kush, a cannabis product, without stating whether it was dried flower or resin, so the whole weight is recorded as flower.
No charge, court appearance, detention order or value estimate for the Kush was published; the Crime Division said investigations were continuing.
The heroin (3.649 kg) and crystal methamphetamine (2.109 kg) seized in the same raid are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures.
Galle District Crime Division officers arrested a 41-year-old Unawatuna resident in a local raid and recovered over 125 grams of Kush alongside crystal methamphetamine. Police said further investigations into the possession case were underway.
A man detained while taking part in the sit-in against the Anuradhapura Sacred City Development Plan, on a charge of obstructing police duties, has been found to have used both heroin and cannabis. Two civilians were arrested over the confrontation between police and Buddhist monks near the Ruwanweli Maha Seya stupa.
Airport Police Narcotics Bureau officers arrested a 37-year-old Indian businessman at Bandaranaike International Airport early on 7 November 2026 as he allegedly tried to smuggle kush and hashish out of Sri Lanka. They found 2.102 kg of kush in tins labelled as tamarind toffees and 5.26 kg of hashish shaped like toffees, which police valued at about Rs 231.42 million.
Navy personnel with Excise officers arrested a 61-year-old Kalmunaikudi resident in Kalmunai on 3 November 2026. They seized over 6kg of cannabis-mixed tobacco known as Mukku Thool in 94 packets prepared for sale and handed the case to the Kalmunai Excise office.
