Sri Lanka, Sept. 14 -- Police opened fire on a van after its driver failed to comply with an order to stop in the Udugampola area of Gampaha on Saturday night (12).

Police said the incident occurred when Weliweriya Police launched an operation based on information from the Western Province Intelligence Division that a van was being used to distribute drugs in the Gampaha area. After confirming the vehicle was heading toward Udugampola, officers discreetly followed it in a police jeep. According to police, the driver, unaware that he was being followed, stopped the van near the Malwatta Junction on the Udugampola Road.

The police jeep then caught up with the vehicle and blocked its path.

As officers got out to inspect the van, the drive...