Police seize 47,150 cannabis plants in Walana plantation raid
Officers of the Walana Central Anti-Corruption Striking Unit raided a half-acre cannabis cultivation at Gomele Mav-Ara on 30 September 2026, seizing 47,150 plants. A 53-year-old man from Udagama was arrested and handed to Meegahagamuwa police with the plants.
🇱🇰 Gomele Mav-Ara, Meegahagamuwa police division, near Panadura · Sri Lanka
On the morning of 30 September 2026, officers of the Walana Central Anti-Corruption Striking Unit
raided a cannabis cultivation at Gomele Mav-Ara in the Meegahagamuwa police division, acting on
received intelligence.[1][2]They found about half an acre (about 0.2 hectares) planted with
47,150 cannabis plants.[1][2]
A 53-year-old man from Udagama was arrested with the plants, and the suspect and the seized crop
were handed to Meegahagamuwa police for further legal proceedings.[1][2]Meegahagamuwa police
are carrying out further investigations.[1][2]
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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.
Army Intelligence and wildlife officers raided a three-acre cannabis plantation holding more than 35,000 plants inside the Somawathiya Reserve at Agbopura, Divulgaswewa on 3 November 2026. One suspect was arrested at the scene and the Kantale wildlife department is conducting further legal proceedings.
Wildlife officers and Army Intelligence raided two cannabis plantations covering about 1.5 acres above Dozer Pitiya inside Somawathiya National Park on 2 November 2026. One suspect was arrested and remanded by the Hingurakgoda Court until 13 November while two other suspects fled.
Police in Thanamalwila arrested a 57-year-old man after finding 754 kg of dried cannabis, valued at nearly 100 million rupees, in a room of his house in the Arambekema area. An investigation into his assets is also under way.
