The Sri Lanka Navy has busted a Kerala Ganja smuggling racket between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen detecting 434 Kgs (estimated value Rs 50 million) off Mannar.
The Kerala Ganja stock transported by the Indian fishermen had been found in the boat of the Lankan fishermen off the Kudiramalai point.
The Navy based in Kalpitiya who carried out the raid said the suspects – five Indians and five Lankans arrested and two boats seized were due to be produced before a Magistrate this evening.
By Padmakumari Kankanamge
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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