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by Staff Writer 25-02-2019 | 9:16 AM
Colombo (News 1st) -
  1. The largest heroin haul in Sri Lanka (294.49 kg worth Rs 3.53bn) was seized in Kollupitiya last evening (Feb 23) in an operation launched by the Police Narcotics Bureau and the Police STF
  2. Suspect connected to hit and run which injured the Traffic OIC of Borella surrenders to the Bambalapitiya Police
  3. Relatives of missing businessmen in Rathgama get ransom demands for the businessmen who are presumed dead by the Police
  4. Voice against corruption laments the lack of legal action on Bond Scam, 4 years after it was committed.
  5. Security forces conducting inquiries to check if drug runner Makandure Madush was involved in VVIP assassination plots
  6. Wife of an ex-Dehiowita PS member arrested along with a shotgun, ammunition and several illegal knives
  7. Deputy Minister of Industry & Commerce Buddhika Pathirana hands over blood and urine samples to be tested for narcotics
  8. Attorney General’s advice sought regarding banning of private tuition classes on Sundays and Poya Days by Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
  9. Thirty-five-year-old suspect arrested with 14 kilograms of Kerala Ganja along the coastal belt of Norochcholai.
  10. Australian Tim Ballintine wins IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo