Sri Lanka, July 13 -- Indicating the heavy demand for illegal drugs, a drug peddler who was arrested by the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) established at Kandakuliya in Puttalam has received 76 telephone calls from his customers who wanted to purchase Ice (crystal methamphetamine) within the first day he was detained in the RDF unit.

Police said that the drug peddler who is a resident of Redbana in Kandakuliya distributed illicit drugs in areas around, using a motorbike.

He was arrested by the RDF Kandakuliya unit led by Puttalam SSP Kapila Premadasa and the officials have recovered a cache of Ice worth around Rs. 100,000 from him.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....