PSri Lankan authorities on Monday destroyed nearly 770 kgs of cocaine, a day after President Maithripala Sirisena said he has decided a time period for the execution of the capital punishment of convicted drug traffickers.
The drugs were burnt in Sri Lanka’s Puttalam town on the instructions of the President, who also witnessed the destruction of the psychotropic substance.
Speaking at a mass protest against drugs organised by religious leaders led by Colombo Archbishop
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith here on Sunday, Sirisena said that he has taken a number of steps to strengthen laws relevant to curbing illicit drug trade.