Sri Lanka Navy detected 219 Kgs of heroin with a street value of over Rs 4.5 billion off the southern coast earlier this week in a fishing trawler. The trawler was escorted to the Colombo Port and inspected by Adviser to the President on National Security Sagala Ratnayake and Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera on Tuesday. (Video courtesy SL Navy).
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
The Customs Department said it will be publish the names of institutions and individuals who violate customs laws and commit tax fraud by uploading the information on its official website www.customs.gov.lk.
A board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the death of a student at the University of Sabaragamuwa, reportedly linked to a ragging incident.
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