COLOMBO (News 1st): Two Indian nationals have been taken into custody by Sri Lanka Customs officials at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport with 2 kilograms and 400 grams of Kush in possession.Customs Media Spokesperson Seevali Arukgoda said that the suspects had arrived in the country...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Department of Motor Traffic says that vehicle emission testing raids will begin today in the Colombo district, in line with the "Clean Sri Lanka" program.Director of the Vehicular Emission Trust Fund at the Department of Motor Traffic, Engineer Dasun Gamage, said that they ai...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Consumer Affairs Authority reports that it has collected over 54 million rupees in fines through raids conducted so far this year.Its Director Asela Bandara stated that these fines were imposed on 3,521 shop raids.He added that the majority of these raids were related to rice...

COLOMBO (News 1st): A suspect in possession of a consignment of narcotic pills, was arrested in Negombo. The consignment of narcotic pills in his possession was valued at over Rs. 50 million. The suspect was arrested when the seized narcotics, identified as 'Bumping', were being smuggled i...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has taken Legal action against 39 traders for selling rice at inflated prices and hoarding stock, as a result of raids conducted yesterday.The CAA carried out the raids primarily in the Kegalle and Gampaha districts.Among those identified were...