The Navy apprehended a man with 1947kg of smuggled Kendu leaves in the Puttalam area, Navy said today.
In a search operation conducted by the Navy in the Karative beach area in Puttalam, the suspect who had smuggled 65 packages of Kendu leaves was nabbed.
The suspect was identified as a resident of Karative,Puttalam aged 50 and was handed over to the Kalpitiya Police for further legal action.
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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.
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