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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

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Two Sri Lankans Arrested While Attempting To Smuggle A Stock Of Currency Notes Illegally To Dubai

Airport Customs officers had arrested

two persons who had attempted to smuggle Foreign and Sri Lankan Currency notes worth Rs.50,008,964 illegally to Dubai yesterday (28)at the Katunayake Airport.

The two suspects who are of the ages 45 and 47 and residents of Colombo-Yon Street and Chilaw areas were later releases on Bail after confiscating the stock of currency notes taken in to custody in possession of the suspects.

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramsinghe To Leave Singapore Today

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe and Central

Bank Governor Ananda Coomaraswamy are due to leave Singapore today (01)to attend "Invest Sri Lanka" Investors summit organized by the Colombo Stock Market and scheduled to be held in "Four Seasons "hotel in Singapore tomorrow (02).

Many Leading investors of the region are due to attend this Investors Summit.Sri Lanka is due to receive many economic benefits during the summit due to the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement it has been revealed.

59 Farmers Were Arrested Over Violently Acting During Yesterday's Protest At Thambuttegama-50 Of Them Were Remanded

Around 59 farmers have been arrested over the

charges, illegally breaking the law and order , violently act by blocking the Padeniya-Thambuttegama main road and causing heavy traffic and damaging properties of Thambuttegama Police during a protest conducted by farmers at Thambuttegama Police Junction yesterday( 28) and 50 of them were remanded until 07th of March by the Thambuttegama Magistrate last night.

Two females were among those fifty farmers remanded it has been revealed.Six suspects were ordered to release on bail.

The arrested farmers had involved in a protest held against handing over of Rajanganaya River (Wewa) to a Chinese Water Bottle Manufacturing Company and some pelted stones at Thambuttegama Police station it has been reported.

Few Police officers were injured due to the incident and Police had fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protestors.Few farmers who acted violently were asssulted by police officers and hospitalized due to the injuries .

ASP Arrested Over Accepting A Rs.30,000 Bribe From A SPA Owner Has Been Interdicted

The Police Deparment has interdicted the Assistant

Superintendant Of Police (ASP) in charge of Chilaw /Wennappuwa Division who was arrested by the Bribery Commission officials over accepting a Rs.30,000 from a Femala SPA Owner in Wennappuwa ,from service with effect from yesterday (27).

The interdiction has been made as per an instructions given by Inspector General Of Police Pujith Jayasundara.

The suspected ASP was arrested whilst accepting the bribe from the SPA Owner at Divulapitiya road in Negsmbo.