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Monday, March 26, 2018

A Student Arrested And Remanded Over Posting Anti Racial And Hatred Posts In FB Was Further Remanded

A student attached to the Royal Collage in Colombo who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over posting hatred ,anti religious and racial posts in Facebook which led to communal violence, and later remanded .had been ordered to remand further until 09th of April by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Chanima Wijebandara today(26).

The suspected student was produced before the Colombo Additional Magistrate today and CID Officials had informed the Additional Magistrate that the suspect had posted such posts under a fake profile indicating he is Sinhala national although he is a Muslim .

The Magistrate Court had earlier refused to grant bail to the student citing that the Court has no powers to grant bail over the charges leveled against the student.

Two Persons Were Arrested With 44 Kilo Grammes Of Kerala Cannabis

Two persons have been arrested by the Hambegamuwa Police with 44 Kilo Grammes of Kerla Cannabis in their possession at Hambegmuwa ,Thanamalwila area today(26) along with a Machine powdered the Cannabis and a Hand Tractor .

The suspects are residents of Suriyaara and Hambegamuwa areas.

The estimated value of the stock of Kerala Cannabis taken in to custody is around Rs.2.5 million it has been revealed.

The Suspects are due to produce before the Wellawaya Magistrate Court.

A Chinese National Was Arrested With 12 Gem Stones By The Airport Customs

Airport customs have this morning(26) arrested a 39 year old Chinese National who had illegally brought 12 Gem stones weighing 68.87 carrots to Sri Lanka at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport.

The stock of Gem Stones which wrapped in special wrappers and concealed in small boxes worth around Rs.21 million it has been revealed.

Blue Sapphires,Padmaraga ,Aranool and Vairody among the Gem Stones brought by the suspect according to Customs.

The suspected Chinese National had arrived in a CatheyPacific Airlines from Hong Kong according to reports.