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Police Narcotics Bureau Arrested A Pakistani National With One Kilo Gramme Of Narcotics

Police narcotics Bureau officials had last night

(24)arrested a pakistani national with around one kilo gramme of Heroin variety brown sugar in his possession in Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport.

The pakistani national who was on the way to pakistan from qatar during his arrest , concealed the haul of Brown Sugar estimated as worth nearly Rs.ten million in his luggage according to the Police Narcotics Bureau.

The suspect is currently under interrogation.

A Corrupt Official Appointed For A Higher Post In The Health Ministry- Health Trade Unions Decided To Stay Blind Over The Issue

Although the Health Authorities show their willingness to combat fraud and corruption

in the Health sector including the Ministry Of Health ,appointing a medical officer involved in corrupt activites in large scale within the Health Sector during previous regime to an highly responsible post of Deputy Director General Of Laboratory Services puzzled many Health Officials in the Ministry itself  it has been reported.

The corrupted official who had the record of involved in corrupt activities in large scale with the help of multi national drug companies when he was the chairman of the National Drug Authority ,was banned for applying for the post of Deputy Director General Of Laboratory Services by the Public Services Commission based on his past background of corrupt activities and seniority few years ago.

The official was also found guilty of allegedly taken a salary entitled for a specialist grade Medical Officer for over a decade although he is not belonging to the specialist grade and involved in private practice as a doctor in Colombo which is illegal for an adminstrative officer of the Ministry.

The most unfortunate incident is that  the major Health Trade Union leaders  who are screaming that their unions are against fraud and corruption keep silent over the appointment of this corrupt official to the higher post of the Health Ministry last year (2016).

Five Nigerians Without Valid Visas Arrested In Negambo

Police have arrested five Nigerian nationals who are

staying in Sri Lanka without valid visas during a raid carried out in Kochchikade,Negambo area(Colombo).

The five suspects are due to be produced before the Negambo Magistrate Court today (25).

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Two Suspects Transported The Banned Herbicide Had Been Remanded

The two supects arrested while transporting 4206

packettes of banned herbicide  "Glyphosate" few days ago had been remanded until 03rd of April by the Hulftsdorf Magistrate Court yesterday (24).

The customs have taken into custody the packetes of Glyphosate and the lorry suspects had used to transport them .