Kurunegala Police arrested two students of a leading school in Kurunegala for stealing money and mobile phones from other students to buy heroin.
The two suspects are drug addicts. They had forcibly taken money from other students by force to buy drugs and narcotics. The suspects were arrested by Kurunegala Police with a stolen mobile phone worth Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 1,000 in their possession.
Meanwhile, about 154 young addicts roaming in Kurunegala town were arrested by Kurunegala Police during the past six months, Police said.