Dilshan Tharaka

AG orders Police to launch criminal investigation into 1987 Aranthalawa massacre

Attorney General Dappula De Livera had directed Acting IGP to record a statement from a Buddhist monk who survived the Aranthalawa Bhikkhu massacre in 1987 and commence criminal investigations over...

Two arrested with marijuana

Mannar Police acting on a tip-off arrested two suspects with 14.17 Kg of marijuana from the Urumale area in Mannar Police Division yesterday. The 21 and 49 year old suspects...
Nabbed with heroin

A 29-year-old man was yesterday nabbed with 20 grams of heroin from the Ratmalana area.The raid was carried out on a tip-off by the officials attached to the Mount Lavinia...
Eighty three curfew violators arrested, 76 vehicles seized

Eighty three persons were arrested for violating quarantine curfew yesterday, DIG Ajith Rohana said.He said that 596 persons were arrested and 76 vehicles were taken into...
AG indicts Swiss Embassy’s Garnier Francis

Attorney General Dappula De Livera has filed an indictment in the Colombo High Court against Swiss Embassy staffer Garnier Bannister Francis over fabricating evidence over an...