Former Navy Commander Lieutenant Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias 'Navy Sampath' who has been accused of the abduction of eleven youths in 2008/09 has been remanded until January 2 , 2019.
The remand order was issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today (Dec 19).
Earlier, President's chief-of-staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne who is alleged to have harboured 'Navy Sampath' was released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrates Court.
Lieutenant Hettiarachchi is also a suspect in the murder of former Parliamentarian Nadaraja Raviraj.
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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