A Person Was Arrested With 148 Cigarette Cartons Illegally Brought To Sri Lanka

Narcotic Control Unit officers attached to Airport Customs have today (12) arrested a 41 year

old person whilst attempting to smuggle 148 Cigarette cartons containing 29,600 foreign made cigarette sticks illegally to the country  at Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport .

The suspect who is a resident of Minuwangoda area ,had arrived  from Dubai through Emirates flight and has hidden the stock of Cigarette cartons inside his luggage it has been revealed.

The suspect had been arrested whilst leaving through the "Green Chanel" of the Airport according to Customs.

The stock of  Cigarette sticks taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is worth around Rs.1.62 million it has been estimated.

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Agriculture Department Has Announced The "Ending Of Sena" Caterpillar -Environmentalists Have Deny Iit

The Department Of Agriculture has recently announced  that the "Sena" Caterpillar which destroyed  the most of the "Maize " cultivation in the  country has now successfully controlled .


However local Environmentalists have stated that the "Sena  " Caterpillar threat is still there and theirs  a great risk of spreading  "Sena " Caterpillar in local  cultivation's during next May to November .

Meanwhile it has been decided to cultivate "Maize "  within first two weeks of may the yala seasoi SAEASON beginning from 01st of May during a meeting held at Agriculture Department yesterday ( 10)to  discuss on controlling "Sena "Caterpillar.

Capital Punishment -Prison Department Has Called Applications For Hangman Post

As President Maithripala Sirisena Has recently told in Parliament that the Capital Punishment

will be imposed on Drug smugglers within next two months ,The Prisons Department has called applications for the Hangman  post it has been reported.The closing date for applying Hangman post is 25th of February .

Meanwhile Welikada Prison has sent the hanging rope at the Prison to Sri Lanka Standard Institute for a Standard test as its around 12 years old it has been revealed.

The rope has been imported from Pakistan and if it proves the quality of the rope is not up to standard the Department is planning to purchase a good quality rope for the prison according to reports.

A Person Had Been Arrested With A Haul Of Heroin In Possession

A 39 year old person suspected as a close aide of  powerful  underworld  gang member

"Angoda Lokka" who had been arrested in Dubai, had been arrested by the Police officers  attached to Anti Corruption Unit at Walana today (11) whilst transporting  42.40 Grammes of Heroin at Madiwela area (Colombo ).

The suspect along with the haul of Heroin taken in to custody in possession of him had been handed over to Mirihana Police .

The police are due to produce the suspect before court tomorrow(12) to obtain a detention order to question him further .