Sri Lanka, Sept. 5 -- Officers from the Western North Crimes Division have seized a large quantity of chemicals allegedly imported for the production of Ice at a drug factory in Nuwara Eliya, which is said to be operated by Kehelbaddara Padme.

Based on a tip, officers raided the Middeniya area and found the chemicals hidden in two containers.

Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala recently disclosed information about a drug production facility in Nuwara Eliya operated by Kehelbaddara Padme, an alleged organized criminal and drug trafficker arrested in Indonesia.

The Minister stated that there were reports of the drug factory operating in a rented house in Nuwara Eliya.

It was also reported that Padme had spent about Rs. 4 million on...