Eight Persons Charged Over Establishing Floating Armory In Galle Port Had Been Released On Bail

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has released the former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe,Chairman of Avant Guarde Security Services Nissanka Senadipathi and six other who appeared before the court over the Floating Armory case on bail today (30).

The eight persons who had appeared before the Colombo  Magistrate Court this morning on charges of  unlawfully authorizing the establishment  of floating armory were released on personal bail of Rs.10 million and cash bail of Rs.200,000 each it has been reported.Court has also imposed a foreign tour ban on them.

Out of the eight persons who were issued notices  over the floating armory case only five including former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe and Nissanka Senadhipathi had appeared before the court today.

The Bribery Commission had filed the case on floating armory against the above mentioned persons by stating that it had caused Rs.11.4 billion loss to the government through establishment  of  floating armory in Galle Port .