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The Ramanathanpuram Police had taken into custody a stock of shark fins, dried sea urchins, marine plants and cardamom worth around Indian Rupees 7 million which were being transported to be packed into a boat to be sent to Sri Lanka…

The Police arrested a 27-year-old suspect in Mattakkuliya along with 1 kg and 71 grams of heroin on Monday, Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said. The arrest was made by Colombo North Divisional Crime Detective Bureau.…

The Supreme Court has imposed a six-month suspended imprisonment and a fine of Rs.500,000 on an individual who infringed the copyright with regard to a record named ‘Galana Gangaki Jeewithe’ containing songs sung and owned by veteran…

Dehiwala Police on Sunday arrested two persons, including a Prison Sergeant for breaking and entering houses in Dehiwala and Mt. Lavinia Police Divisions and stealing cash and jewellery. The suspects are a 61-year-old resident of…

A bridegroom was fined Rs.20,000 for holding a wedding in Sandilipay, Jaffna in violation of the COVID-19 health regulations. The other attendees were fined Rs.5,000 each by the Mallakam Magistrate. Approximately, 47 people who…

The wife of a popular businessman and an employee have been arrested over the death of the businessman in Negombo under mysterious circumstances, the Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said. He further said the suspects were…

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) arrested a man working for leading drug dealers from a house in Kotikawatte of the Wellampitiya Police Division with a stock of Kerala Cannabis worth over Rs one million and Rs. 5.5 million rupees in…

Former MP Duminda Silva, who was sentenced to death, has been granted a special Presidential pardon,Prisons Media Spokesman informs He was jailed in September 2016 after the Colombo High Court found him and several others guilty…

A car that had been hijacked y a man with a woman inside near a bank in Karapitiya was later found dumped near the Boossa Timber Corporation yesterday (24) morning. A complaint received by the police from a 26-year-old girl from Hiyare,…

A woman suspect (25) peddling heroin was arrested by the Police in Modara on Wednesday. The woman possessing one kilogram and 21 grams of heroin was arrested around 9pm by the Colombo North Division Vice Squad, Police Media…