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Saturday, September 28, 2019

FCID HAD ARRESTED TWO FORMER CUSTOM DIRECTORS OVER RELEASING GOLD

Police Financial Crimes Investigation

Division( FCID) had yesterday (27)arrested the former Customs Director General Jagath Wijeweera and Foemer Additional Customs Director General Tharaka Dissanayake over releasing a stock of confiscated Gold weighing 8 Kilo Grammes for building a "Samadhi Buddha Statue during previous regime.

Accordingly the two suspects had been arrested over releasing the stock of confiscated Gold kept under the custody Customs to create a Buddha Statue to place in the "Sanda Hiru Saya" at Anuradhapura on the charges of breach of Trust .

However the two suspects had managed to admitted to two Hospitals citing sudden illness before their arrests it has been revealed. Former Customs Director General Jagath Wijeweera and Former Additional Customs Director Genreal Tharaka Dissanayake are currently receiving teatment at Jayawardanapura Teaching and Badulla General Hospitals respectively under the police protection.

Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake has recently ordered to a rrest the two suspects over the charges.

FCID is due to inform the Colombo Chief Magistrate over the arrests of two Former officers today (28).

PLASTIC TEA BAGS RELEASES MULLIONS OF MICROSCOPIC PLASTiC PARTICLES INTO YOUR DRINK -A STUDY SAYS

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/tea-bags-plastic-particles-polypropylene-biodegradable-a9119771.html

Friday, September 27, 2019

Navy Arrested Two Persons With 1316.6 KG Of Beedi Leaves

Navy Personal attached to Northern

Naval Command have arrested two persons who had attempted to smuggle 27 parcels containing 1316.6 Kilo Grammes of Beedi leaves to Sri Lanka in the Northern sea area near the Analathivu island yesterday (27).

Navy Personal have taken in to custody the Dinghy Boat which has been used by the Smugglers to transport the Beedi leaves .

The two suspects of the ages 18 and 32 are residents of pasalai in Mannar and they along with the stock of Beedi Leaves and the Dinghy Boat had been handed over to the Customs office in Jaffna for further investigations according to Navy .

STOLEN GOLD COFFIN DISPLAYED AT NEW YORK MUSEUM.TO RETURN TO EGYPT

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnn.com/style/amp/egypt-gold-coffin-of-nedjemankh-trnd/index.html

Thursday, September 26, 2019

More Than 240,00 Illegal Abortions Taken Place Annually In Sri Lanka

More than 240,000 illegal abortions

,more than 1000 daily had been performed annually in Sri Lanka although abortion is illegal in the country according to the Consultant Community physician Dr.Sanjeewa Godakanda attached to family health Bureau.

Majority of the females who are undergoing the abortions are married females attached to rural and semi urban sectors and teanaged females are also among them Dr.Godakanda has stressed.

Addressing a media seminar held at Hotel Taj Samudra this morning (26)regarding the 2019 International Family planning day Dr.Godakanda has stated that no proper survey had been carried out regarding abortions in Sri Lanka .

However according to a recent survey carried out on six abortion Centers attached to five Districts it has been revealed that 93.7 percent of those undergone abortions were married women he has revealed .