Two individuals have been arrested with 360 illegal foreign cigarettes in separate raids carried out in Norochcholai yesterday (Oct 7).
Police said the suspects had been nabbed with 200 and 160 cigarette sticks respectively.
The arrest had been carried out by Special Task Force officers attached to the Puttalam Camp.
Investigations have shown that the cigarettes had been smuggled into the country and had been kept for sale.
Further investigations are underway.
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.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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