Errant fish vendors fined

Five vendors who were found guilty of selling fish unsuitable for consumption were fined Rs. 20,000 by Deiyandara Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge H.U.K. Pelpola. The suspects are residents of Deiyandara, Mulatiyana and Mawarala. A team of Health Officials led by PHI Dhammika Widana Pathirana carried out the raids on a tip off on the public market and prosecuted the suspects in the Deiyandara Magistrate’s Court.