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Monday, December 16, 2019

Another 24 Hour Wafer Cut To Be Implemented In Kandy Tomorrow (17)

Another 24 hour water cut is

scheduleto be implemented in several areas of Kandy District from 7 a.m tomorrow(17) until 7 a.m on next day (18) due to a maintainance work at Meewathura Water purification plant in Kandy accordance to Nationalpl Water supplies and drainage Board .

Accordingly 24 hour water cut is scheduled to be implemented in Udunuwara,yatinuwara,pilimathalawa,Kadugannawa ,Gannoruwa,peradeniya and another 09 areas .

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GOLDEN MELODIES

A Person Was Arrested With 1.528 KG Of Heroin In Possession

A Special police Team attached to North

Colombo Police division had today (16)arrested a person whilst carrying 1.528 Kilo grammes of Heroin in a bag at Jampatah Street ,Colombo it has been reported .

The suspect who is a resident of Maradana area has hidden the haul of Heroin in a bag to handover it to another smuggler .

The haul.of Heroin recovered from the bag of the suspect belongs to the organized criminal and a prisoner on death row Dematagoda Chaminda according to police .

Police have obtained a detention order from Maligakanda Magistrate after the suspect had been produced before the Magistrate today ,until 18 th of december to question him further.

The haul of Heroin taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is worth more than Rs.10.5 million it has been revealed.

Two Persons Arrested Over Revealing White Van Abductions Remanded Until 27 th

Two persons arrested over

participating in a press briefing conducted by former Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne on white van abductions last November had been remanded until 27 th of December by the Colombo Chief Magistrate after been produced before the Magistrate today(16).

The two suspects Anthoney Jude Fernando and Athula Sanjaya Madamayake were arested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last friday night (13) at Mahara area .

Later they were held in police under a 72 hour detention orders for questioning over white van abductions .

Swiss Embassy Visa Officer Alleged As Abducted ,Had Been Arrested And Remanded After A Mental Health Checkup

Local Swiss Embassy visa officer

Garnier Banister Francis who alleged as abducted by a group of an unifentified persons on 25 th of November in Colombo ,had been arrested and remanded until 30 th of December after been produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne this evening (16).

The Visa officer was asked to be appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) this morning to record a further statememt regarding her allegation over abduction .

she had been sent to National Institute of Mental Health at Angoda for a Mental status checkup after appearing before the CID and later brought back to the CID .

However the results of the checkup has not yet been revealed and later the Visa officer had been arrested by the CID on the instructions of Attorney General who had stated that the Visa officer had make a fabricated story on her abduction .

However it has not been clear what are the real allegations made against the swiss embassy visa office which lead to her arrest and imprisonment .