Rathgama Police arrested a coconut seller for selling packets of heroin in coconuts in the Panvila New Colony in Rathgama.
She was arrested along with 7.8 grams of heroin, Police said.
The woman had concealed the packets of heroin in holes she made in the raw coconut husks. She also had concealed a spoon for her customers to scoop packets of heroin from the coconut. The suspect was to be produced before the Galle Magistrate.