The daughter of the Deputy Mayor of the Kandy Municipal Council, who is in power under the National People’s Power Party, and her group were produced before the Pirik Theldeniya Magistrate’s Court and released on a personal bail of Rs. 100,000 each.
The daughter of the Deputy Mayor of Malima, her boyfriend and a group were arrested during a raid conducted by the police in the Kandy area at a party organized by a Facebook group. The arrested deputy mayor’s daughter is 26 years old.
The police statement issued regarding the raid states that 22 individuals and 4 women were arrested after raiding a Facebook party held at a hotel near the Victoria Reservoir in the Teldeniya Police Division and seizing 4134 milligrams of ice, 1875 milligrams of hash, 2769 milligrams of kush, 390 milligrams of cocaine, 804 milligrams of mushroom, 13 flower petals and 12 illegal cigarettes.
The suspects are between the ages of 18 and 31.