The hearing of the appeal filed seeking a reduction in the jail term of leading drug dealer Samantha Kumara alias 'Vele Suda' was taken up before the Appeal Court today (Jan 31).
The petition was taken up before a two member judge bench comprising Justices Deepali Wijesundara and Achala Vengappuli and was later postponed until Feb 07 and Feb 15 next month.
'Vele Suda' was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment over the possession of just over seven grams of heroin in 2008 in Mount Lavinia by the High Court on October 14, 2015.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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