Two Chinese nationals have been arrested with illicit foreign liquor and cigarettes worth Rs 10 million at a Chinese restaurant in Kollupitiya.
Kollupitiya police who were acting upon a tip-off on the restaurant had nabbed the suspects with 385 bottles of foreign liquor and 6200 packs of cigarettes which were on sale in the restaurant.
Six sea cucumbers and dried sea horses were also taken into custody.
The suspects have been identified as siblings by the ages of 30 and 28, police said adding that one of the suspects possesed the license to carry out the business while the other did not.
They will be produced before courts in due course.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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