Three persons were arrested with 7.86 kilogrammes of Kerala Cannabis at two separate locations in North, Navy said.Two persons were taken into custody with 04 kilogrammes of Kerala Cannabis during a search conducted in Karainagar and Sankani areas in Jaffna yesterday by naval personnel with the assistance of a team of Police Special Task Force personnel, Jaffna.
The consignment of cannabis was being transferred on a motorcycle when the arrest was made. The arrested persons along with the cannabis were handed over to the Special Task Force Jaffna Division for legal action.
Meanwhile, naval personnel attached to the North-Central Naval Command with the assistance of police personnel, Mannar, also arrested a person with 3.86 kilogrammes of Kerala Cannabis during a search conducted in Tharakankoddai, Mannar on Saturday (02 September). The arrested person along with the cannabis and the motorcycle, which had been used for the transfer of the contraband, were handed to Mannar Police for legal action.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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