The Colombo High Court today imposed a death sentence on a suspect who was arrested for being in possession and transporting 29.43 grams of heroin in 2017.
High Court Judge Shashi Mahendran had ordered that both charges which were filed against the suspect were proven beyond reasonable doubt.
The suspect has been identified as Shanmugam Ilankoovan, 40, who is a father of two.
The Attorney General claimed that the suspect had committed the offence on December 11, 2017.
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.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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