Around 2000 persons arrested in possession of narcotics during the Anti narcotic raids carried out by the Police Department have been sent for rehabilitation according to the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board.
The majority of these persons who were directed for rehabilitation are being subjected to the residential community treatment and rehabilitation process as a result of the shortage of room facilities in rehabilitation centers the Board has stated.
Liquor Shops Islandwide will be closed tomorrow (25) and the day after(26) in view of Christmas and Uduwap Full moon Poya,days according to the Ezcise Department .
However this decision does not apply to Star hotels under the Tourism Development Authority the Department has stated
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If found an evidence that the former Health Minister and Current Enviornment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was responsible for importing low quality drugs to Sri Lanka he will be taken into custody over the allegations according to the Minister of Public Security Tiran Allas.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is currently probe on the low quality drugs iimportation to Sri Lanka and if the CID found substantial evidence that the Minister had involved in importing low quality drugs to Sri lanka he will be arrested the Minister has stated
The Ministry of Trade,Commerce and Food Security has planned to Import Eggs from India until April 2024 in view of Stabalizing the egg prices in the local market according to the Secretary to the Ministry Ranjith Atapattu.
Accordingly Ministry has planned to sell these Eggs importing from India for Rs.35 as the price of an Egg in the local market has increased to Rs.60 at present the Secretary has stated.
Five persons were hospitalized with serious knife cut wounds due to a brawl occurred between two groups at Beragala junction in Haputhale area(Up country) yesterday (19).
The injured were admitted to the Haldammulla District Hospital for treatment and later transferred to Diyatalawa Base hospital for further treatment .The Brawl had occurred regardingt aShop in the area.
පුතලේ බෙරගල මංසන්ධියේදී අද 18 දෙපිරිසක් අතර ඇති වූ ගැටුමකින් කාන්තාවක් ඇතුළු පස්දෙනකු බරපතළ කැපුම් තුවාල සහිතව හල්දුම්මුල්ල දිසාරෝහලට ඇතුළත් කිරීමෙන් පසුව වැඩිදුර ප්‍රතිකාර සඳහා තුවාලකරුවන් දියතලාව මූලික රෝහලට මාරු කර යැවූ බව හපුතලේ පොලිසිය කියයි.
බෙරගල මංසන්ධියේ වෙළඳසැලක් සම්බන්ධ ආරවුලක් මෙම ගැටුමට හේතුවී ඇතැයි ද මූලික පරීක්ෂණ වලින් පසුව පොලිසිය කියයි.
දෙපිරිසක් අතර ඇතිවූ කතා බහක් ගැටමක් දක්වා ගොස් ඇති අතර කාන්තාවක් ඇතුළු පස්දෙනකුම කැපුම් තුවාල සහිතව රෝහල් ගත කර තිබේ.
හපුතලේ පොලීසිය පරීක්ෂණ පවත්වයි.
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