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M’gala SSP arrested with ganja at home
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By Norman Palihawadane
Moneragala SSP, Sisira Kumara Herath, nabbed by a team of police commandos, on Sunday night, with 15 kilos of cannabis, has been handed over to the CID for further action.
Investigations have been handed over to the CID on instructions of the IGP, police said.
The SSP was arrested during a raid conducted at his official residence, around 9 pm, by the STF intelligence unit members, who acted on a tip-off.
Uva Province Senior DIG Nuwan J. Wedasinghe deployed the STF to arrest the SSP.
The raiding party conducted a thorough search and found the stock of ganja concealed in the ceiling of the official residence of the SSP.
Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa confirmed the arrest. He said that along with the SSP, four other suspects had been arrested. One of them was a police officer while the other three were civilians, he added.
Following the order by the IGP,to the CID to take over the investigations, a team of officers from the CID had left for Moneragala yesterday, SSP Thalduwa said.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished bys the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to extend Visas of those unable to leave Sri Lanka due to the
cancellation of flights to the Middle East from 28.02.2026 for another 14 days without any payments and re-extend the extended Visas for another 14 days without payments if the flights cancellations continue.
Taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint Sunil Galagama, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, as the District Secretary to Badulla Administrative District with immediate effect.
The Cabinet of Ministers, taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, have decided to appoint Anupama Mangala Wickramaarachchi, a special grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is serving as the Additional Commissioner General of Agrarian Development of the Department of the Agrarian Development at present, as the District Secretary , Ampara Administrative district with immediate effect.
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