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Sri Lankan cricketer Shehan Madushanka held on drug charge

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

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Shehan Madushanka. Pic/ AFP

Shehan Madushanka. Pic/ 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.

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