A 34kg-stock of Kerala Cannabis was retrieved on Pungudutivu Island in Jaffna during a search operation by the Sri Lanka Navy on January 15.
Accordingly, 16 parcels were recovered stashed in a large sack in the shrubbery along the Iruppidi beach of the Pungudutivu Island in Jaffna.
The operation was executed by SLNS Gotaimbara in the Northern Naval Command.
The Sri Lanka Navy estimates that the consignment of the Kerala Cannabis which was later handed over to the relevant authorities for legal proceedings has a street value over Rs. 13 million.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
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.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
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