Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 09:21 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police have yesterday arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of selling drugs to two British rugby players, who died in Colombo in May due to the use of contaminated heroin.
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today remanded the suspect, A. Senarath Premathilaka De Silva, a resident of Wellawatte until August 10
Two of the team of 22 British Rugby players arrived in Sri Lanka on 10th May to participate in a friendly Rugby tournament suddenly died after developing breathing difficulties.
The two players, 26-year-old Tom Betty and 25-year-old Thomas Howard have developed breathing difficulties after they visited a night club in Kollupitiya on 12th May. Thomas Howard died shortly after they were admitted to a private hospital in Colombo on the 13th while Betty died on the 15th.
The Colombo Fort Magistrate Court has ruled that the deaths were caused by the use of contaminated heroin.
The Fort Police earlier arrested a three-wheeler driver who drove the rugby players to purchase the drugs.
