Father attempting to give heroin to son in Vavuniya prison arrested

The prison authorities on Saturday, arrested a father attempting to give heroin to his son who is remanded in the Vavuniya Prison.

The suspect was identified as Gnanapragasam Namasivayam (71) from Nelumkulam from whom the prison authorities recovered 45mg of heroin. The said father who carried the street drug with him had visited his son who had been remanded on

The man was arrested when he attempted to handover the heroin concealed in a bar of soap

the charges of possessing heroin. Apparently, the man was arrested when he attempted to handover his son the heroin concealed in a bar of soap.