Updated On: 26 May, 2020 07:45 AM IST | Colombo | AFP
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

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.