Five Elephants Have Drowned At Periyanaru Canal

A heart- breaking story has been

reported yesterday (01)regarding the deaths of five Wild Elephants who got stucked in a marshy area of a bramch river while drinking water there and died .

Accordingly Five Wild Elephants belonging to Somawathiya Wild Life Park in Polonnaruwa had drowned In the branch river of MahawelI, Periyanaru Canal attached to a Wild Life park at Thummodara ,Polonnaruwa while drinking water due to a Wild plant "Japan Jabara" spreads heavily in the canal it has been revealed.They may have died few days back ,However a fishermen spotted them and informed on the incident to Wild Life officers yesterday (01).

The Wild Life officers at Somawathiya are conducting an investigations over the incident.

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Two Grenades Had Been Recovered From A Cave At Urubokka

Two live Hand Grenades had been

recovered inside a cave located at a Tea Estate land at Pattigala ,Urubokka area (Matara) today (01) by the Tea Estate owner.

The Land owner had recovered the two Hand Grenades when searching a suspicious parcel wrapped in a cover inside the cave.Soon after seen the two Hand Grenades the Land owner had phoned the Emergancy number and brought Urubokka Police officers to the place.

The Police officers along with Special Police Task Force Personal have defused the Grenades  later.

Four Persons Were Arrested With 12 Valuable Elephant Tusk Pearls

Police officers attached to the Law

Enforcement Unit of Polonnaruwa Police have today (01) arrested four persons while attempting to sell 12 valuable Elephant Tusks Pearls at Siripura in Dehiattakandiya area.

Police officers had arrested the suspect on the pretext of  purchasing the Tusk pearls from them it has been revealed.

A Modern Motor Car from which the suspects have arrived in and around Rs.2.96 million in cash had been also taken in to custody in possession of the suspects who are residents of Hasalaka , Bibile and Matale areas.

A Female Has Drowned While Trampling Sea Waves

A 33 year old female has drowned

while trampling sea waves at Chilaw Sea Coast area this evening  (01).

The female who was a resident of Bamunakotuwa ,Wariyapola area had arrived in Chilaw along with a group  to worship Munneshwaram Eshwara Devalaya and had faced the incident while trampling the sea waves at sea coast it has been revealed.As a result the sea waves carried away her  far and others with her not been  able to save her.

Then  Four fishermen arrived in the area had jumped to the sea to rescue the female.However she had pronounced as dead after rescuing her .

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