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Monday, September 17, 2018

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A Pakistani National Was Arrested With A Haul Of Heroin At Katunayake Airport

Airport Customs officers have arrested

a 35 year old Pakistani National with 1.606 Kilo Grammes of Heroin in his possession at Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport this morning (17).

The suspect who had arrived in from Karachchi ,Pakistan had hidden the haul of Heroin deep inside of his luggage it has been revealed.

The Estimated value of the haul of Heroin taken into custody in possession of the suspect is more than Rs.10.5 million according to sources. The suspect is due to be handed over to the Police Anti Narcotic Bureau for further investigations.

Government Has Reduced 15 Percent VAT Imposed On Imported Textiles To 5 Percent

The Ministry Of Finance has decided to

reduce the VAT (Value added tax)imposed over imported Textiles by 10 percent from 15 percent to 5 percent with effect from midnight tonight (17).

The Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera has today (17)signed the Gazette Notification in this regard.

The 15 percent VAT Imposed on imported Textiles was implemented since 18 th of August 2018 as a 2018 annual Budget Proposal .Earlier Rs.100 sess tax was imposed per 1 Kilo Gramme of Imported Textiles.

The reduction of VAT Imposed on imported Textiles was made as per the requests made by several small and medium scale textile Businessmen from Finance Ministry.

Seven Persons Including Five Students Had Been Injured And Hospitalized Due To A Road Accident

Seven Persons including five school

children had been injured ,one student critically and hospitalized after a small Lorry they were travelling in veering off the road and toppled over to a nearby House roof at Neluwa-Dikkanda-KukulKanda road today (17 ).

The injured including five grade six and seven students attached to Kaluboviyana School ,A mother of a student and the Lorry driver were admitted to Karapitiya,Neluwa and Hinduma Hospitals for treatment .The accident has happened while the students were on the way home after school .

A failure of brakes of the vehicle caused the accident according to Police.Neluwa Police are conducting an investigations over the incident .