Underworld gangster Kudu Roshan who was in hiding in a hotel in Nuwara Eliya in fear of the was arrested in Warakapola yesterday while they were returning from Nuwara Eliya.

Kudu Roshan who was accused of killing five individuals. They were arrested at Anguruwella junction in the Warakapola Police division

Police said that 10 males and five females including Kudu Roshan and his brother were among those arrested with heroin weighing 1.875 grams.

Under the Yukthiya operation, a total of 13,666 drug suspects had been placed under arrest and 1,097 of them were sent for rehabilitation up to now.