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Friday, September 18, 2020

Bloemendhal Police Had Taken In To Custody 33,000 KG Of Illegally Imported Turmeric At The Colombo Port -12 Persons Including 02 Customs Officers Arrested Over The Incident

Bloemenihal Police had taken in to

custody 33,000 Kilo Grammes of TurmerIc illegally imported from Dubai and removed from the customs recently.

Police had arrested 12 persons including 02 Assistant Customs Supirintendents over the incident .

Police had taken in to. custody 07 lorries and 03 containers containing the illegally imported 33,000 Kilo grammea of Turmeric at the vehicle yard of the Colombo port in Bloemendhal area .The stock of Turmeric had been imported on the pretext of importing glass it has been revealed .

At present there's a severe shortage of Turmeric in the country it has been repprted. Police and other forces have recently taken into custody stocks of illegally imported Turmetic at various places in the country and later destroyed them without releasing to the market .

Government To Import 100,000 Metric Tonnes Of Rice -However Politicians Criticized Previous Government When Doing The Same

Government will import 100,000 metric

tonnes of Rice with the Cabinet approval soon to avoid creating an artificial rice shortage in the country and unnecessary price hike of rice according to Minister Of Trade Bandula Gunawardana .

Government will import this rice stock to keep a secure rice reserve under government control the Minister has Stresed during a meeting held with small and medium scale Rice mill owners regarding the rice supply to the local market at the Trade Ministry yesterday (18).

During the meeting Minister has stated that if the Rice mill owners are willing to release hidden paddy in their Mills to the local market, there's no need to import rice from overseas.

However when in the Opposotion Trade Minister along with several other politicians in present government had severely criticized the previous good governance government whenever the Government had attempted to import an essential food items to prevent a shortage in the local market .

Five Corona Positives Reported Yesterday (18)

Five Corona positives had been reported in Sri Lanka Yesterday (18),increasing the total number of Corona positives reported from the country to 3281 according to Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly five arrivals from Liberia, Hong Kong and Baharain had tested positive for Corona virus yesterday.

At the moment 208 Corona positives are being treated at Government Hospitals.

Police Arrested Three Persons Whilst Selling Ice And Heroin

Police officers attached to Criminal

Investigations unit of the Mount Lavinia Police had yesterday (18)arrested three persons whilst distributing and seling Ice and Heroin narcotics at Mount Lavinia area .

Police have also taken in to custody 35 Grammes of Ice and 06 Grammes and 720 Mili grammes of Heroin as well as 06 Mobile phones,06 pounds and Rs.325,000 in possession of the suspects who are of the ages 21-34 years .

The suspects are residents of Rajagiriya, Dehiwala and Badowita areas and involved in distributing narcotics to Dehiwala, Moratuwa and Mount Lavinia areas it had been revealed.

Dengue Is On The Rise

Dengue fever is on the rise in several

areas in the island due to the prevailing occasional showers according to Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly 506 Dengue cases had been reported in the country during first 17 days of this month the unit has stated .Out of this number majoroty of cases which is 145 had been reported from Kandy and 103 cases had been reported from Colombo District.

EpidemeologIsts are requesting the public to clean their premises and surrounding areas to avoid creating Dengue breading places.