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.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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