Sri Lanka probes political links to drug kingpin
Sri Lanka's police said Tuesday they were investigating whether a man who confessed to smuggling over 1,000 kilos of heroin to the island over three years had political protection. Samantha Kumara Vithanage was arrested in Pakistan earlier this month and taken back to Sri Lanka, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said. Investigators have also found links between Vithanage and lawmaker Duminda Silva ...