The Excise Department had carried out over 31,342 arrests Island wide from the month of January to November.
Accordingly, 25,024 arrests were conducted under the provisions under the excise act while 4,881 arrests were conducted according to Dangerous drugs act. They said that apart from that they also carried out another 1,437 arrests were made under the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act.
A senior official of the Excise department told the times online that the highest number of arrests have been done for persons who have been possessing, selling and transporting illicitly brewed sprits, accordingly 16,000 persons were arrested
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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