A link between smuggling of drugs and the entry of foreign weapons into the country has been revealed during ongoing investigations on the narcotic trade by the Special Task Force (STF)
STF has found, that the persons allegedly smuggling large quantity of drugs via Afghanistan and Pakistan were receiving weapons as well as a way of enticing them into the trade.
In the past few months, in raids done by the Special Task Force, 47 new pistols have been recovered.
The persons arrested have confessed that five weapons were being offered for large scale drug deals and they include T56 weapons and pistols, STF sources said.
However, no T56 weapons have been recovered so far.
The STF in the recent months have carried a number or raids in which narcotics have been detected.
A foreign made pistol (T54) was detected during a raid for drugs in Mulleriyawa.
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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