Sri Lankan Air hostess further remanded

Colombo’s Additional Magistrate Mr. Nishantha Peiris today (25) ordered that the Sri Lankan Air hostess, arrested on a charge of being in possession of Heroin, be further place in remand custody until the 9th of October.

Although a bail application was submitted on behalf of the accused, the Magistrate held that the Court had no authority to grant bail for the relevant offense.

The person thus placed in remand custody is a rajgiriya resident, Rosanne Anne Bihar.

The Magistrate also directed that the accomplice purported to have assisted the accused, Rasika Lasantha, too be placed further in remand custody.

Earlier, the Wellawatte Police arrested the suspect while travelling in a motor vehicle being in possession of 540 milligrams of Heroin.

It was revealed in Court earlier, that police investigations had discovered that the suspect airhostess was a person who was heavily addicted to drugs.