Kurunegala Daily News Corr.

Youth nabbed with 2.030 mg of heroin

A youth was arrested by Polgahawela Police, Kurunegala on November 5 for driving a car ignoring police orders to halt.Police investigations revealed that the suspect is a...
Poacher nabbed

Kurunegala District Wildlife Unit officials arrested a man for hunting wild animals in a forest of a State farm.Chief Wildlife Officer I.M.G. Seneviratne of the Nikaweratiya...
Ex-soldier held for alleged sexual assault

Nikaweratiya Police arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, recently.The suspect, a 52-year-old father of two, had been...
Arrested for swindling youths out of Rs.2 mn

Dummalasuriya Police arrested an ex-soldier who had swindled youths seeking foreign employment out of Rs.2 million, recently.The suspect, a 47-year-old resident of Thorayaya...

Robber nabbed

A man who robbed houses in Kurunegala was arrested by Kurunegala police while he was stealing goods from the City Shop in Minhettiya.He had entered houses at night and robbed the residents of their...
Govt. to provide 13,743MT urea

The government will provide 13,743 metric tonnes of urea, 3,299 tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate, and 3,781 tonnes of Muriate of Potash to farmers in Kurunegala.It had also been decided to use 73,000...
Eight youths fined for drunken driving

Kurunegala Additional Magistrate Namal Perera fined eight youths Rs.6,500 each for drunken driving, recently. They had pleaded guilty to the charges.Meanwhile, Kalpitiya Police had arrested a suspect...
Five years’ RI for drug possession

Rambodagalle Magistrate G.N. Priyadarshanie sentenced a suspect to five years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing 30 milligrams of heroin, recently.The accused had been identified as a 22-year...
Hospital MO’s quarters dilapidated

The Rasnayakapura Hospital medical officer’s (MO’s) quarters was dilapidated, the hospital’s development committee told the Daily News, last Sunday.Around 33,000 residents in Rasnayakapura’s 28 Grama...
Police hunt suspect over alleged homicide

Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who had allegedly killed a clerk of the Nikaweratiya Magistrate’s Court in Kurunegala.The victim was identified as 52-year-old D.M. Karunathilake, a...
Infant-killer sentenced to death

Kurunegala High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara sentenced to death a suspect who had killed his seven-month-old granddaughter with a knife, on Wednesday. He was also fined Rs.30,000.The infant, M.M....
No more fertiliser for Galgamuwa tobacco growers

The Galgamuwa Regional Agriculture Committee in Kurunegala will discontinue fertiliser supplies to tobacco growers in the electorate from the 2018/2019 Maha season.A Galgamuwa Agrarian Services...
Three drug dealers collared

Nikaweratiya Police arrested three drug dealers who had been selling cannabis to youths on Wedenesday.Nine grams of cannabis had been seized from the suspects at the time of the arrest.The suspects...
Suspect remanded till November 15

Kuliyapitiya Magistrate Ruwan Dhammika Dissanayake yesterday remanded a suspect arrested in connection with an assassination attempt on a Pannala urban councillor until November 15.The hit had been...
Councillor injured in brawl

An urban councillor was recently injured in a brawl that erupted at former State Economic Affairs and National Policies Minister Niroshan Perera’s house in Wennappuwa.The victim had been identified...
Coconut plucker with firearm held

Nikaweratiya Police recently arrested a coconut plucker possessing a foreign-made firearm in Kurunegala.He is a 40-year-old resident of Withikuliya.The weapon was seized at the suspect’s house....