Following a tip-off, six persons including four foreigners who dived in ‘Thalaramba’ coastal area in North to take photographs of marine animals without due approval were arrested yesterday, Navy said.
During the arrest, a fiber glass dinghy, an underwater camera, a digital camera, 5 pairs of diving fins and 6 diving masks were taken into naval custody. The arrested persons along with their belongings were handed over to the officials of the Department of Wildlife Conservation for onward action.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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