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Friday, August 2, 2019

Six Indian Nationals Arrested With 2.440 KG Of Gold Hidden In Their Bodies

Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers attached to Katunayake

Airport have yesterday (02) arrested 06 Indian Nationals whilst attempting to smuggle a stock of Gold weighing 2.440 Kilo Grammes hidden in their bodies to Chennai,India at Katunayake Airport.

These suspects have been arrested on two occasions and on the first occasion 04 of them had been arrested by the CID Officials along with 1.60 Kilo Grammes of Gold hidden in their bodies and another 02 Indians have been arrested later With 1.370 Kilo Grammes of Gold in their possession .

The estimated value of the Gold taken into custody in possession of the suspects is around Rs.10.7 million according to CID officers .

Indonesia earthquake: Jakarta residents rattled

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බැඳීමක් සැබවින්ම සත්‍ය හා ආදරණීය වනුයේ අද හමුවීම මගහැරුණහොත් හෙට හමුවීමේ අදිටන විශ්වාසය ,වුවමනාව එකිනෙකාට ඇති විටදීය -එවැනි එක් වීමක් ප්‍රමාද කිරීම සබඳතාවය පළුදු වීමට හේතු වනු ඇත "

Court Sentenced The Toy Gun Mayor Of Hambanthota To Five Year Imprisonment

Hmabanthota Provincial High Court Judge Chamara Thennakoon has today (02) sentenced
Hambanthota Mayor Eraj Ravindra Fernando and one of his associates to five year imprisonment over threatening a group of governing United National Party(UNP) MP's when they have arrived in to inspect the Hambanthorta Harbour on 17th of April 2014 by showing a gun which he later described to media as a toy Gun

Accordingly Hambanthota Mayor along with his associate Premasiri Paranamana were sentenced to five year imprisonment after found guilty for 20 out of 29 charges leveled against them after the incident .

Besides the Prison sentence the accused were ordered to pay Rs.10,000 each for 13 charges (Rs.130,000) and to pay Rs.100,000 each for 13 persons who had given evidence during the case ..

Police Commission Had Approved The Transfers Of Two Higher Police Officers -Few Hours Later Cancelled It

Only few hours after the National

Police Commission approving the transferes of Deputy Inspector General Of Police In charge of fKurunagala District Kithsiri Jayalath and Superintendent of Police Of the Kurunagala Division Mahinda Dissanayake, Commission itself cancelled the two transferes it had been announced .

The Transferes of the two higher Police officers who had been involved in arresting Dr.Seigu Siyabdeen Mohommad Safi attached to Kurunagala Teaching Hospital over the charges of earning Aassets through illegal means ,approved earlier by the Police Commission after considering the request made by acting Inspector General Of Police (IGP )Chandana Wistara tne last weekend.

Acting IGP Wikramaratna had requested the Police Commission to transfer the two officers citing their presence may have affect the ongoing inquiry on Sterilization charges against Dr.Safi.

Accordingly Acting IGP Had requested the Police Commission to transfer DIG Jayalath to Trincomalee Police Division and SP Dissanayake to KilinochchI Police Division .

The decision however had been reversed by members of the Police Commission later citing A violence may have occurred in Kurunagala District if they are transferred according to reports .

Prices Of 01 Kilo And 400 Grammes Of Milk Powder Had Been Increased

A Kilo Gramme and 400 Grammes of

Imported Milk powder had been increased by Rs.15 and Rs.5 respectively with effect from yesterday (01)according to the Consumer Affairs Authority .

The decision of the price increase of Milk Powder had been approved by the Consumer Affairs Authority under the instructions of Cost of Living Committee the Authority has stressed.