The Navy seized 8kg of gold off the Kalpitiya lagoon area earlier today(12).
Two persons in a dinghy boat believed to be used to smuggle the gold were arrested.
A total of 8kg and 450g were found in four parcels in possession of the suspects in the dinghy boat.
The suspects were identified as residents of Mandalakuda in Kalpitiya, aged 37 and 42. The seized items together with the suspects were handed over to the Customs Preventive Office in Katunayake for further legal action.
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
The Customs Department said it will be publish the names of institutions and individuals who violate customs laws and commit tax fraud by uploading the information on its official website www.customs.gov.lk.
A board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the death of a student at the University of Sabaragamuwa, reportedly linked to a ragging incident.
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