Over 280 kgs of narcotics were destroyed yesterday in Puttalam using a new high-powered incinerator built at a cost of over Rs. 11 million in Vanathavilluwa.
The destruction, which included 251 kgs of heroin and 38 kgs of Methamphetamine (ICE), took place in the presence of Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles and IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon.
This new incinerator provides a permanent solution, replacing the previous costly method of drug disposal due to the lack of a permanent facility. Installed on 20 perches of land in the Lactose Garden area of Vanathavilluwa, owned by the STF, the site was prepared by the Sri Lanka Navy, with the Sri Lanka Police spending Rs. 6.34 million for the preparation.
The destruction process, overseen by the Puttalam Magistrate, representatives of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board, and officers of the Government Analyst's Department, maintained temperatures between 800 and 1200 degrees Celsius."
