Four individuals including Police Commission Secretary Saman Dissanayake have been further remanded until September 06 over the Avant-Garde illegal floating armoury case.
The order was issued when the suspects had been produced before Galle Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewani Pathirana for a hearing today (Aug 23).
Mr. Dissanayake who had been admitted at the Sri Jayawardenapura hospital when charges were filed against him had been produced before court.
Victor Samaraweera, Chairman of Rakna Lanka Company, Major General (Rtd) Piyasiri Fernando, and Major General (Rtd) K.B. Adhikari Egodawela are the other suspects in the case.
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