Fined for illegal timber depots

Two individuals who managed two timber depots illegally in the Naula range forest area were apprehended by a team of forest conservation officials recently and were produced before the Dambulla district magistrate’s court.

Police informed court that the suspects had managed timber depots breaching existing laws and regulations. The timber depots were raided on information given by the public.

Magistrate I.M.S.B. Illangasingha fined them Rs.12,000 each and confiscated the timber and other tools, following a guilty plea.

The accused were Gunathilaka Banda and B.M. Wijekumara. Naula range forest officer M.G.U. Jayakody and beat forest officer Dayarathna Banda prosecuted.