A 36 year old man who broke into the premises of his mother and got away a lorry containing 648 gas cylinders over a family dispute has been arrested by the Nelunkulam Police in Vavuniya.
The man had broken into the premises and driven away with the lorry when his mother was not in the house.
He was in dispute with his mother over the distribution of land among family members
The man was due to transport the gas cylinders to another location when the police made the detection. He had taken the lorry to his own house.
The estimated value of the gas and the lorry has been estimated at Rs 20 million.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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