(Lanka-e-News -14.Oct.2015, 10.30PM) Samantha Kumara alias ‘Wele Sudha’ who was charged with having heroin in his custody and carrying on heroin business was today sentenced to death by Colombo high court .
The state counsel Ms. Suharshi Herath said, the judge delivered the verdict after the accused was found guilty of the charges of possessing 7.05 kgrams heroin and engaging in heroin business in 2008 when he was arrested in Mt. Lavinia .The judge declared , the chages filed by the attorney general against the accused have been proved beyond reasonable doubts , while adding since the evidence provided by the accused cannot be accepted, he is rejecting it.
The State counsel making her submissions in court revealed that the accused had connections in Pakistan and carried on heroin business internationally. There are over a hundred thousand innocent individuals who are addicted to this heroin in ths country . These heroin peddlers who are carrying on this business internationally should therefore be given a deterrent and exemplary punishment , the state counsel asserted.
The accused denying the charges, claimed he knows nothing about these charges levelled against him.
The police that took him to record a statement , later introduced heroin , and falsely charged him ,Wele Sudha told court .
In any case, based on the submissions made , the judge sentenced the accused to death.
Suranga Bandara , the lawyer for Wele Sudha however said , it has been decided to file an appeal in the higher court against the verdict.
By T. Jeyakumar
Translated by Jeff
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