Sri Lanka Customs seized 26 kg of gold biscuits and jewellery valued close to Rs. 320 million following an operation carried out at the Bandaranaike International Airport today (30), said Customs spokesman, Deputy Director of Customs (Legal) Sudaththa Silva.
A passenger arriving from Doha, Qatar has handed over a package of gold to a maintenance worker at the BIA washroom, and when the BIA worker tried to leave the airport premises with the parcel, he was apprehended.
Customs says this is the largest haul of gold seized in a single operation in the history of Customs.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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