A Sri Lankan army employee was arrested along with four others for possession of heroin in Jaffna on Monday.
The five were found in possession of the drug during a patrol search in the Eechamoddai area, Jaffna police said.
One of the arrested was a Tamil employee of the Sri Lankan army.
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