Rs.10,000 fine for smoking in public

A youth who pleaded guilty to smoking in public was fined Rs.10,000 by Wariyapola Magistrate L.D.H. de Silva, last Friday. The suspect was identified as a resident of Wariyapola. About 154 persons who had smoked in public at Kurunegala and Puttalam were arrested during the past nine months, a senior police chief in Kurunegala said.