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The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport arrested a Thai woman aged 22 with over 1.475 kgs of cocaine in her possession yesterday.

She was arrested following a tip-off.

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The bodies of a woman and her daughter were found in Kotagedara, Ratnapura, the Police said.

The body of the woman aged 52 was found in a house in Ratnapura while the body of her daughter aged 19 was found several kilometers away from the house, the Police said.

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A young Malaysian couple who had defrauded a large number of job seekers for several hundred thousand rupees promising jobs at a biscuit factory in Malaysia was arrested by the Matale Division Police Unresolved Crimes Division along with their Sri Lankan accomplice on Tuesday.

Police also seized a sum of Rs 128,000 and four passports from their possession. Police said investigations revealed that the money had been obtained from three persons in Polonnaruwa and a resident in Rattota. The couple had arrived here on January 28 on a visa issued for 30 days. The Sri Lankan accomplice is a resident of Aluvihare who had been employed abroad earlier.

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Sixteen suspects out of twenty who are alleged to have been involved in the shooting incident relating to Presidential Trade Union Advisor and former Colombo District Parliamentarian Baratha Lakshman Premachandra were yesterday further remanded till February 14, by Colombo Additional Magistrate Prasanna Alwis. Duminda Silva MP and his bodyguard were not present in court yesterday.

Earlier the court granted bail for two other suspects who are alleged to have been involved in the shooting incident. On the last hearing date, nine prosecution witnesses identified ten suspects alleged to have been involved in the killing of former MP, at an identification parade held by the magistrate.

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Unroadworthy vehicles will not be allowed to travel along the Southern Expressway, Colombo City Traffic Director Senior SP Chula de Silva said. Vehicles without side mirrors and wasted tires and damaged vehicles will not be allowed on the Expressway, SSP de Silva said.

Fifteen road accidents had claimed 17 persons from Saturday 6am to yesterday 6am, Police Media Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. This is the largest number of fatal accidents in one day in Sri Lankan history, he added.

The accidents were in Ruwanwella, Ragama, Wattala, Meerigama, Kochchikade, Eppawala, Kuliyapitiya, Kurunegala, Akuressa, Matara, Ahungalla, Mahiyangana and Payagala.

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Special Task Force (STF) and Criminal Investigation Department officials raided a tea store where substandard tea was packeted and exported to foreign countries yesterday.

The officials also nabbed a consignment of tea weighing over 200,000 kilograms, unfit for human consumption.

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A man with an amputated hand who worked as a driver of a van transporting schoolchildren was released on personal bail of Rs 100,000. His driving license was also suspended by the Aluthkade magistrate when he was produced in court. The man was arrested by Cinnamon Gardens Police on Tuesday.

The Police checked the vehicle at Flower Road, Colombo 7 and found that the driver’s hand had been amputated below the elbow. The van was transporting students from Kotugoda, Ekala to Colombo.

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