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MSD constable deployed for cricket match duty arrested with heroin
By Samanthi Weerasekera
The Kandy Police have arrested a constable deployed for duty at the limited overs encounter between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at Pallekele stadium with 80 milligrams of heroin on Wednesday.The policeman attached to the ministerial security division (MSD)
was arrested near the Kandy Central Market.The suspect had arrived in Kandy on 21 November to provide security for the Cricket match.
The suspect, 24, is a resident of Ruwanwella. He had joined the police in July 2021.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella accident which took place this morning has risen to 21. It has also been reported that the government wil rs 1 million as compensation to the families of the victims.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella bus accident has risen to 11
It has been reported that Eight persons [five males and three females] have died when a SLTB bus operating from Kataragama to Kurunegala via Nuwara Eliya, veered off the road and went down a precipice early morning today (11) in Gerandi Ella in Ramboda along the Nuwara Eliya – Gampola main road, Police said.
At least 37 others injured in the accident, have been admitted to the Nuwar Eliya and Kothmale hospitals.
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