Sri Lanka, Sept. 25 -- The Tangalle Magistrate's Court has granted permission to police to detain and question three suspects arrested in connection with the discovery of crystal methamphetamine (commonly known as 'Ice') and heroin in three lorries in Seenimodara, Tangalle.

Owners of two lorries in which the narcotics were discovered and a son of drug trafficker 'Unakuruwa Thusitha,' who died while receiving treatment in hospital, were produced before the Tangalle Magistrate's Court last evening (24), police said.

Police then had requested permission from court to detain and question the suspects and the Magistrate ordered them to be detained and questioned until September 29.

Additionally, the court ordered the detention and interroga...