Eight Sri Lankan citizens have been arrested by Turkish border police and state security service for attempting to illegally cross the border into the Adjara region.
According to a report in Agenda, Investigators say that the detainees were trying to cross the Georgia-Turkey border aiming to enter Turkey and avoid border control.
The offence committed by foreign citizens is punishable from four to five years of imprisonment.
According to official data there have been 38 cases of attempted illegal border crossings revealed by the Interior Ministry of Georgia in 2016, while 55 such cases were recorded in 2015.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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