A 47-year old has been arrested in Gonnagasweva, Meegalawa at around 5 pm yesterday (Feb 04) over the possession of a stock of illegal ammunition.
Meegalewa police had launched a search operation to apprehend the suspect following a tip-off recieved by the OIC of the Meegalewa Police claiming that a firearm manufacturing plant was operating in the area.
Accordingly, the suspect was arrested with a grenade-like firearm, two parts of a gun, one gun reel, a saw which is used to cut iron, a pair of steel tongs, an iron hammer, and a steel pliar.
The suspect has been identified as a resident of Nikaweratiya by the name of D.G. Wasantha Jayasinghe.
He is due to be produced before the Nikaweratiya Magistrates Court today.
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.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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