COLOMBO, May 25, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Sri Lankan police have detained
international cricketer Shehan Madushanka on a charge of possessing
heroin, officials said Monday.
Madushanka, 25, who took a hat-trick of wickets on his international
debut in 2018, was remanded in custody for two weeks by a magistrate.
He was carrying just over two grams of heroin when detained in the
town of Pannala on Sunday, a police official said.
Madushanka was stopped while driving with another person in a car
during a nationwide coronavirus curfew, police said.
The right-arm pace bowler took a hat-trick against Bangladesh on his
one-day international debut in January 2018. He also played two T20
matches against Bangladesh in 2018, but has not played an
international since due to injuries.
Sri Lanka is due to relax its curfew from Tuesday, but police have
arrested nearly 65,000 people for breaking the restrictions imposed on
March 20.