A man involved in selling school children a cannabis-infused sedative was arrested on in Welipenna, the Special Task Force said today.
On information received, STF officers of the Katukurunda Training School conducted a raid in the Walagedara area of Welipenna on Tuesday (January 3).
Subsequently, a 48 year old suspect, who had sold cannabis-infused sedatives to school children for a long period of time was arrested while in possession of 325 g of the sedative.
The suspect has been handed over to the Welipenna Police for further investigation.
The raid was conducted by a group of STF officials, including the Officer in Charge of the Katukurunda Training School, Chamila Marapana under the guidance of the Director Senior Superintendent of Police Athula Rathnayake.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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