An Iranian national has been arrested for selling smuggled cigarettes in Welimada yesterday (Sept 27).
Special Task Force personnel had recovered 1,820 cigarette sticks from the suspect at the time of the arrest.
It is believed that the Iranian national had smuggled these cigarettes by failing to pay Customs Duty taxes.
He is due to be produced before the Welimada Magistrate's Court today.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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