A Person Was Arrested With 50 Foreign Made Cigarette Cartons At Katunayake

Airport Customs officers have arrested

a person with 50 Cigarette Cartons contains 10,000 cigarette sticks made in a foreign  country in his possession  at the Katunayake ,Bandaranayake International Airport early this morning (13).

The suspect a resident of the Marawila,Wennappuwa who had arrived in from Dubai ,concealing  the Cigarette Cartons in his luggage according to Customs.

Customs officers had confiscated the stock of Cigarettes illegally brought to the country worth around Rs.500,000 and released the suspect after fining  Rs.50,000.

Police Had Recovered A Large Number Of Leaflets/Posters/Banners Indicating Racism,Hatred Speech And Communal Unrest In The Office Of The Leader Of FB Page"Mahason Balakaya"

Police have today (13)recovered a large number of

Leaflets,Banners and Posters indicating racism,Hate speech and spreading violence among communities as well as seven bottles believes to be petrol bombs in the office of  the leader of "Mahasone Balakaya (Force) page runs  in Facebook ,Amith Jewan Weeeasinghe who was the main suspect of the communal violence erupted in Kandy recently.

During a raid carried out today Police have also recovered several bank books,Bank Receipts.A microphone with a print of name Mahason Balakaya police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekare has said today.

Terrorist Investigation Division of the Police have last week arrested ten suspects including Amith Weeeasinghe who was the brain behind communal violence in Kandy .

Police are currently questioning the ten suspects  while keeping them in detention  .

Viber Blockage To Be Lifted From Midnight Tonight (13)-Info.Dept

Government has decided to lift the

temporary blockage of Viber  imposed since last Wednesday  (07) after the communal violence erupted in some areas of Kandy District with effect from midnight tonight (13) according to the Government Information Department.

Although Viber App was  blocked temporarily ,Viber users have  used the App without ny interruption since the blockage via "VPN" it has been revealed.

However the blockage imposed on other Social Media sites and Apps is still effective according to sources. 

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Crimes OIC Of Seeduwa Police Station Was Arrested Over Accepting A Bribe

The Bribery Commission Officials have arrested the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Division of Seeduwa Police Station while attempting to accept  Rs.25,000 as a bribe from a Businessman in Katunayake today(13).

The Suspected OIC was arrested while attempting to accept the bribe at the Garage in Police Station over arresting a person according to the complaint made by the Businessman and investigate the case in a way which benefit complainant it has been revealed.