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Indians caught smuggling in gold at BIA
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Indians caught smuggling in gold at BIA

Three Indian nationals have been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to smuggle in gold from Chennai.…

byFaraz Shauketaly26/07/2018
Female suspect in Kotakethana double murder acquitted
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Female suspect in Kotakethana double murder acquitted

Colombo High Court Judge Wikum Kaluarachchi has ordered to acquit and release the female suspect, who had been arrested and…

byFaraz Shauketaly25/07/2018
Indian authorities in Rameswaram seize 304 kg of ganja bound for Sri Lanka
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Indian authorities in Rameswaram seize 304 kg of ganja bound for Sri Lanka

The Ramanathapuram district police in Tamil Nadu in a raid conducted on Wednesday have seized 304 kilograms of ganja (cannabis)…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/07/2018
Four including father arrested for giving alcohol to infant
LOCAL

Four including father arrested for giving alcohol to infant

Sri Lanka Police have arrested a father and three others for cruelty to a child following an investigation into a…

byFaraz Shauketaly18/07/201818/07/2018
Police arrest five people in Trincomalee with a high-powered metal scanner
LOCAL

Police arrest five people in Trincomalee with a high-powered metal scanner

Sri Lanka Police following a tip-off received have arrested five people, who were transporting a high-powered metal scanner in a…

byFaraz Shauketaly16/07/2018
Sri Lanka police arrest a Buddhist monk for killing a cop
LOCAL

Sri Lanka police arrest a Buddhist monk for killing a cop

Sri Lanka police Tuesday arrested a Buddhist monk who allegedly strangled a police constable when he came to execute an…

byFaraz Shauketaly11/07/2018
Popular Sri Lankan singer Priyani Jayasinghe stabbed to death, police looking for husband
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Popular Sri Lankan singer Priyani Jayasinghe stabbed to death, police looking for husband

Sri Lanka Police today arrested the husband of popular Sri Lankan Singer Priyani Jayasinghe over her stabbing death yesterday. Singer…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/07/2018
India to ask Sri Lanka for the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen’s boats
LOCAL

India to ask Sri Lanka for the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen’s boats

The Central government of India will ask Sri Lanka for the release of fishermen’s boats that have been detained after…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/07/2018
Two Brazilian nationals arrested at Sri Lanka airport for swallowed cocaine capsules worth Rs. 23 million
LOCAL

Two Brazilian nationals arrested at Sri Lanka airport for swallowed cocaine capsules worth Rs. 23 million

Two Brazilian nationals have been arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/07/201802/07/2018
Suspect arrested over murder of six-year old girl in Jaffna remanded
LOCAL

Suspect arrested over murder of six-year old girl in Jaffna remanded

The suspect arrested for the murder of a six year old girl in Sulipuram, Jaffna was remanded Wednesday until July…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/06/2018

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