Five Youth Were Arrested With Kerala Cannabis In Possession

Five youths had arrested by the

 Officials attached to the Excise Office in Hatton with 13 Grammes Of Kerala Cannabis in their possession at Kotagala and Thalawakale areas on last Monday (20).

The youth who are residents of Lindula and Thalawakale areas are due to be produced before the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate Court.

Cabinet Had Rejected A Proposal On Making A Minimum Age Limit Of Driving A Three Wheeler To 35 Years

Cabinet has yesterday (21)rejected a

proposal submitted by the Minister Of Transport Nimal Siripala De Silva to the Cabinet on making the minimum age limit of driving A Three Wheeler to 35 years .

Cabinet had rejected the proposal after several Minister's including Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera and Prrsident Maithripala Sirisena had spoken against the proposal during the Cabinet Meeting held at Presidential Secretariat .

Due to opposition of other Ministers Transport Minister has later withdrawn the proposal.

Meanwhile Minister Of Finance Mangala Samaraweera has announced that the Government will regulate the Three Wheelers in the country.

Three Persons Arrested With 14 Tonnes Of Illegal Beedi Wrappings

Sri Lanka Customs had arrested three

Persons who had illegally smuggled 14 tonnes of "Beedi" wrappings to the country on the pretext of importing goods yesterday (21).

Customs officers had taken in to custody the "Beedi" Wrappings during a search operation carried out on a container at Thotalanga container yard.

The estimated value of the Beedi Wrappings taken in to custody is around Rs.1.3 million.

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A Group Of An Unidentified Persons Had Robbed A Bank At Gandara

A group of an unidentified persons

arrived in at a private bank in Parawahara ,Gandara this evening (21)by two motorcycles  had robbed around Rs.300,000 from the bank and fled away according to the Police .

The suspects who had arrived in the Bank while covering their faces with full face helmets and equipped with a gun shot and injured a female who was at the Bank during the robbery.The injured female had been admitted to the Matara General Hospital for treatment .

Gandara Police are investigating on the incident.

Three Police Officers Arrested Over Planning A Robbery Later Released On Bail

Special Police Task Force Personal have

arrested three Police Officers including a Police Inspector and two Police Constables attached to the Anti Corruption  Unit of The Panadura Police division over planning a robbery at Kalutara this morning  (21)and  later in the evening announced that they were arrested mistakenly .

The Three Police  Officers were arrested mistakenly on the facts based on  the incident Police Media Spokesman 'S office Has announced.

During the inquiry conducted by the Organized  Crimes Investigations  unit it has been proved that the three officers were arrested mistakenly .

Due to this situation the Three officers have been released on bail after been produced before Kalutara Magistrate Court this evening.

However another Four persons arrested over planning a robbery were also produced before the kalutara court this evening and three of them had been remanded until 23 rd of this month and one was released on bail.