The Excise Department has ordered all liquor outlets to be closed on October 3 in line with World Temperance Day, while 1000 officers will be deployed to carry out raids.
Deputy Excise Commissioner Kapila Kumarasinghe said that raids would be carried out across all licensed stores in the country to ensure that the sale of liquor does not take place.
Legal action would also be taken against those involved in the transportation, production and the storage of illicit liquor, he said.
Mr. Kumarasinghe said that the Excise Department would deploy 1000 officers from 58 Excise Centres across the country to carry out these raids.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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