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Colombo: A couple found guilty of drug trafficking has been sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court in Sri Lanka last week.
The couple – a former soldier J.R.V and his wife U. I. S – was charged with possessing 22.91 grams of heroin.
The drugs were confiscated by the Police Drug Prevention Bureau in a raid carried out on May 15, 2010 in Thalahena. The scooter they were driving was stopped and on checking police found the substance hidden in the woman’s dress.
In a 116-page judgement, the court emphasized that “defendants need to be severely punished in order to convey a message to society”.
The couple has four children.
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