A 26-year-old youth has succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained in a shooting incident at Aliwatta in Mattakkuliya last night.
The victim had been shot by two unidentified men on a motorbike last night and died from his injuries while being treated at the Colombo National Hospital.
Police suspect the shooting to be linked to organised criminal gangs related to the drug trade and investigations are ongoing.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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