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Thirty youths at a beach party arrested with drugs
LOCAL

Thirty youths at a beach party arrested with drugs

20/08/20181 min read

Thirty youths at a beach party in Mount Lavinia have been arrested by the police for the possession of drugs. Reportedly, the drugs were found

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Prisons Officers get death threats: Thalatha
LOCAL Main Story

Prisons Officers get death threats: Thalatha

20/08/201820/08/20182 min read

Some Officers in the Ministry of Prisons had received death threats after the Minister took steps to rid the prisons of corruption and drugs, Prison

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22 arrested for possession of drugs at Thalawila Church
LOCAL

22 arrested for possession of drugs at Thalawila Church

07/08/20181 min read

Twenty-two individuals have been convicted and fined by the Puttalam Additional Magistrate, for the possession of heroin and cannabis at the premises of St. Anne’s

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Sri Lankan nabbed at airport with an assortment of drugs worth Rs. 4.7 million
LOCAL

Sri Lankan nabbed at airport with an assortment of drugs worth Rs. 4.7 million

28/06/20181 min read

Sri Lanka Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake have arrested a Sri Lankan who was attempting to smuggle in an

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36 youths arrested with drugs on pilgrimage to Sri Pada
LOCAL

36 youths arrested with drugs on pilgrimage to Sri Pada

02/04/20181 min read

Sri Lanka Police during a special operation conducted Saturday (31) arrested 36 youths, who were engaged in a pilgrimage to the sacred Sri Pada mountain

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Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewage arrested over killing of inmates at Welikada Prison
LOCAL

Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewage arrested over killing of inmates at Welikada Prison

29/03/20181 min read

The Criminal Investigations Department of Sri Lanka police has arrested Commissioner of Prisons (Rehabilitation) Emil Ranjan Lamahewage in connection with the deadly shooting which killed

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Ja-Ela arrest yields over 1000 ‘tablets’
LOCAL

Ja-Ela arrest yields over 1000 ‘tablets’

23/01/20181 min read

A person has been arrested in Ja-Ela for the alleged illegal possession of drugs in the form of Tramadol tablets. Police said, 1,300 such tablets,

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Drug-related arrests made in Kohuwala
LOCAL

Drug-related arrests made in Kohuwala

20/01/20181 min read

Six people have been arrested along Saranankara Road in Kohuwala for the alleged possession of Heroin. Police said, they took into custody 65 grammes of

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Sri Lanka to produce 60% of pharmaceuticals locally by 2020
Business

Sri Lanka to produce 60% of pharmaceuticals locally by 2020

15/01/20183 min read

The government’s latest efforts in import substitution through the establishment of a pharmaceutical manufacturing zone will see 60 percent of the demand for pharmaceutical tablets

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Thambuthegama police foil sale of ‘pills’ to school children
LOCAL

Thambuthegama police foil sale of ‘pills’ to school children

08/01/20181 min read

A stock of drugs was seized by police in the Thambuthegama area. The raid was launched by the Thambuthegama police, based on a tip off.

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