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Monday, November 18, 2019

A Kenyan Female Arrested With A Stock Of Cocaine

Airport customs officers have arrested

a 34 year old Kenyan female with a stock of Cocaine in possession at the arrival lounge in Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport last evening (17).

The stock of cocaine had been hidden in her luggage it has been revealed.

As it has been revealed that the suspected Kenyan female who had arrived from Doha,Qatar had swallowed Cocaine pills ,Airport customs officers admitted her to the Negambo Base Hospital to remove them from her stomach .

Later Police had obtained a week long detention order to question her on the incident .The suspected female had been handed over to the Police Anti Narcotic Bureau for further investigations .

AVALANCHE KILLS SIX IN SIACHEN GLACIER IN KASHMIR

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Three Hand Grenades Recovered In Welikanda

Welikanda Police have today

(18)recovered three foreign made Live Hand grenades at a Government Land reserve in Mahindagama in Welikanda area .

Police have recovered the Hand Grenades according to the information they have received .

Bomb Disposal Squad attached to Specisl Police Task force is scheduled to be defused the explosives and destroy them .

Police believes LTTE Terrorists might have left these grenades there during the war period .Welikande Police are investigating to find out the persons who had left the Hand Grenades in Reserve land .

SLPP (Pohottuwa) Party Spent More For Online Election Campaign -EU Observers

European Union election observers

have found online spending of Srianka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP-Pohottuwa)Election Campaign for the Presidential Election was higher then any other elecction campaign .

SLPP Had published ads in Google and published around 500 adverisements in Facebook some by third parties.

There were reports that some hatred and mud slinging posts published against opposite candidstes during online csmpaign.One such incident was the mud slinging campaign launched against National Democratic Front"s presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa saying he has not passed his O/level exam .

How ever due to the lack of financial regulations available regarding advertising in Election campaign the exact expenditure has not yer been revealed the EU Observers had stated

Newly Elected President Has Appointed Dr.P.B Jayasundara As Presidential Secretary

Newly Elected President Gotabaya

Rajapakshe is scheduled to be appointed Former Finance Secretary Dr.P.B Jayasundara as the Presidential Secretary with effect from tomorrow (19) according to sources .

President has planned to appoint Dr.S.R Atigala as the new Finance Secretary and Retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne as new Defense Secretary the sources said .

Meanwhile Gotabaya Rajapakshe had sworn in as Seventh President of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at Ruwanwelimahasaya Temple in Anuradhspura This morning ?18).

He is scheduled to be assumed his duties tomorrow morning.