Puttalam High Court judge S.B Arafat Kassim issued the death sentence

Puttalam High Court judge S.B Arafat Kassim issued the death sentence on a suspect arrested in 2007 for drug possession.
P. Mohomad Jauffer was found guilty for having heroin in his possession when a vehicle was stopped at a police check point in Nagaviluwa, Puttalam.
The first accused in the case, K. Selvaratnam, was released by the court while another suspect, Salam Azwar, is believed to have fled to India.
Following investigations, the police identified the three suspects and arrested two of them as the other man had fled the country.