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Ragama police bust Facebook party attended by 18 school-going teens
Heroin, ganja, synthetic drugs recovered
By Norman Palihawadane
Eighteen students were taken into custody following a raid conducted by the Ragama police at a Facebook party on Sunday evening, the police said.
The raid was carried out on a tip-off that some under-age students were gathering at a place in a garage of a house at Kendaliyadda in Ragama, police said.
Among those arrested were 16 boys and two girls, all aged between 15 and 19.
The students were from areas including Kotahena, Bloemendhal, Dematagoda, Wellampitiya, and Kolonnawa, attending well-known Colombo schools.
Police recovered heroin, ganja and other synthetic drugs in their possession.
The police said that suspect students would be produced before the Ragama Magistrate’s Court.
