Former DIG Nalaka de Silva, who was arrested by the CID in connection with an alleged assassination plot targeting the President and former Defence Secretary, has been further remanded until January 16.
The Indian national who was arrested in connection with the investigations was also ordered to be remanded until January 09
The former Director of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) was arrested by the CID on October 25 over an alleged plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
He was arrested after a police informant, Namal Kumara, made the allegations against Silva at a media briefing.
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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