Medical Supplies Crisis: Vietnam’s Minister Jailed for 18 years, whilst Sri Lanka Struggles in similar challenges
Sri Lanka’s growing digital news service newswire.lk has reported on events in Vietnam. In Vietnam, the former health Minister, was…
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Associate of ‘Kimbula Ela Guna’ arrested
Thavasidevan Pradeep Kumar (21) alias ‘Suresh’ was arrested yesterday (06) at the Aluth Mawatha Road in Colombo 15 by the…
Thirty youths at a beach party arrested with drugs
Thirty youths at a beach party in Mount Lavinia have been arrested by the police for the possession of drugs.…
Prisons Officers get death threats: Thalatha
Some Officers in the Ministry of Prisons had received death threats after the Minister took steps to rid the prisons…
22 arrested for possession of drugs at Thalawila Church
Twenty-two individuals have been convicted and fined by the Puttalam Additional Magistrate, for the possession of heroin and cannabis at…
Sri Lankan nabbed at airport with an assortment of drugs worth Rs. 4.7 million
Sri Lanka Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake have arrested a Sri Lankan who was…
36 youths arrested with drugs on pilgrimage to Sri Pada
Sri Lanka Police during a special operation conducted Saturday (31) arrested 36 youths, who were engaged in a pilgrimage to…
Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewage arrested over killing of inmates at Welikada Prison
The Criminal Investigations Department of Sri Lanka police has arrested Commissioner of Prisons (Rehabilitation) Emil Ranjan Lamahewage in connection with…
Ja-Ela arrest yields over 1000 ‘tablets’
A person has been arrested in Ja-Ela for the alleged illegal possession of drugs in the form of Tramadol tablets.…
Drug-related arrests made in Kohuwala
Six people have been arrested along Saranankara Road in Kohuwala for the alleged possession of Heroin. Police said, they took…