Police Arrested Three Persons Whilst Selling Ice And Heroin

Police officers attached to Criminal

Investigations unit of the Mount Lavinia Police had yesterday  (18)arrested three persons whilst distributing and seling Ice and Heroin  narcotics  at Mount Lavinia area .

Police have also taken in to custody 35 Grammes of Ice and 06 Grammes and 720 Mili grammes of Heroin as well as 06 Mobile phones,06 pounds and Rs.325,000  in possession of the suspects who are of the ages 21-34 years .

The suspects are residents of Rajagiriya, Dehiwala and Badowita areas and involved in distributing narcotics to Dehiwala, Moratuwa  and Mount Lavinia areas it had been revealed.  

Dengue Is On The Rise

Dengue fever is on the rise in several

areas in the island due to the prevailing occasional showers according to Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly  506 Dengue cases had been reported in the country during first 17 days of this month the unit has stated .Out of this number majoroty of cases which is 145 had been reported from Kandy and 103 cases had been reported from Colombo District.

EpidemeologIsts are requesting the public to clean their premises and surrounding areas to avoid creating Dengue breading places. 

Eighteen Indian States Reported Rise In Active Corona Cases During Last 24 Hours

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Seventeen Corona Positives Had Been Discharged From Hospitals Today (18)

A total of 17 Corona positives had been

discharged from hospitals this morning (18) after full recovery according to Epidemeology Unit .

Accordingly The recovered Corona positives had been discharged from Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) At Angoda ,Welikanda Base and Iranawila Hospitals, increasing the total number of Corona positives discharged so far to 3060.

Five Corona Positives Had Been Reported Yesterday (17)

Five Corona positives had been

reported yesterday  (17)increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 3276 according to Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly 02 arrivals from Oman and 01 arrival each from United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Madagascar had tested positive for Corona virus the unit has stated .

At the moment 203 Corona positives are being treated at Government Hospitals. 

154 Indians Stranded In Sri Lanka During Corona Pandamic Had Left For India Today (17)

A total of 154 Indian Nationals 

stranded in Sri Lanka during the Corona pandamic, had left  for India today (17)according to Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka.

Accordingly the total number of Indian Nationals who had left for India after easing Corona restrictions here, had risen to 2000 .

These Indian Nationals had been repatriated to India under the "Wande Bharath "mission launched   by the Indian government to bring back all Indians located around the world .