A Seven Year Old Girl Had been killed Due To A Motorcycle -Wild Elephant Collision

A seven year old girl had been killed

and her father was hospitalized with minor injuries after the Motorcycle they were riding in colliding with a Wild Elephant who was  crossing  the road at the junction turning  to Maduru oya reservoir on Mahaoya -Aralaganwila road yesterday(18).

The critically injured girl had succumbed to her injuries after admission to Mahaoya Hospital .

The incident occurred when the father ,mother and their two children were riding   the Motorcycle it has been revealed .The deceased girl was a resident of Uhana,gonagolla ,Horagolla area .

A Person Was Killed And Three Others Injured Due To Car Accident

A 48 year old person had been killed

and three others had been critically  injured and hospitalized after a Motor Car they were travelling in had toppled over to a 300 feet  deep precipice at Badulla -Walpola road yesterday(17).

The incident occurred when the victims were  on the way home after celebrating election victory of their candidate it has been revealed .

The deceased was a resident of Ilukthanna area ,Walpola attached to a SLTB Deport in Badulla as a driver.

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