A suspect has been arrested for selling imitation gems under the guise of selling real gems which had been obtained from a treasure trove in Kurunegala yesterday (Sept 15).
Upon questioning of the suspect, police had learnt that the fake gems made of plastic had been obtained from a land plot in Giriulla.
Further investigations had led to the arrest of two more suspects with four gold coloured Buddha statues and a broken brass lamp. The suspects have been identifed as those of ages 30, 36, and 52.
They are due to be produced before the Kurunegala 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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