Three Persons Have Been Arrested Whilest Attempting To Fly Algeria Through Fraudulent Visas

Criminal Investigations Department 

(CID)officials attached to Katunayake Airport have arrested three Persons attempting to fly Algeria through Fraudulent visas today  (16)at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport .

CID officials had also arrested another two persons who had assisted the suspects .

The suspects who are residents of Wattala,Point of Pedro and Mannar areas are due to be produced before the Negambo Magistrate Court.

An Australian Passport Holder Was Arrested With A Stock Of Gold Jewelry

An officers attached to the Narcotic

Control unit of the Airport Customs had today (16)arrested a 30 year old former Sri Lankan national now holds an Australian Passport attempting to smuggle a stock of Gold Jewelry weighing 1.206 Kilo Grammes to the country illegally .

The suspect who had arrived in from Singapore has hidden the stock of Gold Jewelry which wrapped in four parcels inside his cloths it has been revealed .

The stock of Gold Jewelry recovered in possession of the suspect is worth around Rs.6.63 million .

The Australian Passport holder was arrested with the stock of Gold Jewelry while he was leaving the Airport through Green Channel .

Airport Customs are conducting an investigations over the incident. 

President Instructed The Finance Ministry To Submit A Report On Goods That Can Be Restricted Importing To Sri Lanka

President Maithripala Sirisena has

today (16)instructed the Ministry of Finance to search and submit a report within a week's time on the goods that can be restricted from importing  to Sri Lank as a step to face country "s  economic Challanges at present  .

President has instructed on this during a meeting of National Economic Council held at President's office today .

During the meeting it was widely discussed on how to face economic Challanges caused as a result of strengthening the US Dollar in an International Market .

A large number of unnecessary goods are being reported as imported to Sri Lanka at present caused waste of foreign reserves it has been revealed.

Due to this situation National Economic Council has suggested to restrict importing these unnecessary goods and encouraged local producers to produce them here in.view of saving  unnecessary spendings .

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Two Drug Smugglers Have Been Sentenced To Death

Colombo High Court has today

(16)sentenced two Drug Smugglers who had been arrested and remanded over packetting Heroin at Mirihana ,Nugegoda in 2008 ,to death .

The Colombo High Court Judge Vikum Kaluarachchi had imposed the death sentence on the two suspects who are 37 years old after found guilty on packetting 122 Grammes of Heroin .