EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Groups Of Local And Foreign Tourists Stucked Inside Minneriya Wild Life Park Due To A Submerged Road

Around 100 Jeeps carried groups of local and foreign tourists had stucked inside the Minneriya Wild Life Park yesterday(05) for few hours as one of the roads of the Park got submerged due to the overflowing of Keri Oya(River) flowing across the Wild Life park.

The tourists have visited the Wild Life Park to view Wild Elephants.

As the road is continuosly submerged due to the overflowing of Keri Oya,Authorities have closed the road temporarily it has been reported.

Three Persons Arrested Over Transporting Cattle Illegally-Three Cattle Died After The Truck Transporting Them Toppled Over

Police officers attached to the Crimes

Investigations Division of Matara have arrested three persons over transporting 13 Cattle from a Truck without a license in Weligama area this morning(06).

However three cattle including a pregnant one in the Truck have died due to the toppling over of the truck on the road as a result of the gun shots fired by the Police officers due to not stopping the vehicle despite police orders it has been revealed.

A 73 Year Old Person Has Drowned And Died ,Five Others Have Been Saved While Bathing In Ambalangoda Sea Area

A 73 year old retired administrative

officer has drowned and died and five others including two doctors their two little daughters and a relative have been drowned and saved while bathing a sea area near the Ambalangoda Rest house this noon(06).

The deceased who was a resident of Ambalangoda area and five others bathing with him had drifted away by strong sea waves and residents of the area had managed to rescue five persons including a doctor attached to Elpitiya Hospital ,His doctor wife attached to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, their two daughters of the ages two and half years and three and half years and a relative it has been revealed.

The six persons went to bath in sea after Ambalangoda Police have instructed the residents of the area not to go to sea due to rough seas .

Three Persons Were Arrested With More Than 69 Kilo Grammes Of Kerala Cannabis

Three persons have been arrested

today (06)by the Anti Narcotic bureau officials in Vavuniya at peryandakulam in Omanthai,Vavuniya while attempting to transport 69.735 Kilo Grammes of Kerala Cannabis from Jaffna to Colombo .

The three suspects who are residents of Jaffna,Vavuniya and Mallavi areas had bought the stock of Kerala Cannabis from smugglers in Jaffna brought via sea route from India.

The estimated value of the stock of Kerala Cannabis taken in to custody in possession of the suspects is around Rs.10 million according to officials.

The suspects are due to be produced before the Vavuniya Magistrate Court.