An individual has been nabbed while attempting to smuggle 1.4 kilograms of a narcotic identified as 'ice', by officers attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau.
The arrest had been carried out at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) when the suspect had arrived from Chennai, India.
Another person who had arrived in a van to pick-up the visitor upon arrival to the country, had also been apprehended over charges of abetting the smuggling of narcotics.
Police have identified the suspect as a 33-year old resident of Katugastota, while the driver has been identified as a 24-year old resident of Matale.
They are expected to be detained for seven days in order to conduct further inquiries after being produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s court.
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.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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