Two persons have been arrested with two weapons and live ammunition at a residence in Hikkaduwa yesterday (Jul 19).
A T-56 weapon with 90 rounds of ammunition, a foreign manufactured rifle and three bullet casings had been recovered at the time of the arrest, police said.
The suspects have been identified as 40-year old residents of Hikkaduwa. They are due to be produced before the Galle Magistrates Court today.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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