LNP – Badulla General Hospital doctor arrested for selling narcotic capsules to schoolchildren

A 44-year-old doctor serving in Badulla General Hospital has been arrested by the STF for selling narcotic capsules among schoolchildren.

Police said the doctor was arrested following a tip-off from a private informant.

Accordingly, a team of STF men attached to the Passara camp arrested the suspect while on board a car in the Badulla area.

The STF found 145 narcotic infused capsules in the possession of the doctor without a valid licence.

He was handed over to the Badulla Police for further investigations