Three suspects including two Nigerian nationals were arrested with cocaine worth over Rs 500,000 in Mount Lavinia yesterday (Mar 03).
Mount Lavinia police said that the suspects were arrested while transporting the narcotic which weighed 32 grams in a three-wheeler.
Investigations revealed that the suspects had overstayed their visas which had expired in April last year.
A sum of Rs 162,700 which was in the possession of the suspects was also confiscated by the police.
The suspects which include the driver of the three-wheeler will be produced before the Mount Lavinia courts in due course.
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.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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