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No diesel tax Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd. does not collect Diesel Tax for vehicles which has its first registration on or after 13th October. With regard to the Diesel Tax payable for vehicles that have been registered between 1st April to 12th October will be discussed with the Commissioner of Motor Traffic on 4th December 2001 to arrive at a decision. Man with heroin arrested The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) attached to the Bandaranaike Intrnational Airport yesterday morning arrested a youth from Angoda when he attempted to smuggle 253 grams of heroin into the country. The investigations revealed that the suspect of Gothatuwa Road, Angoda had arrived in Sri Lanka from Madras on UL 124 flight. The suspect was handed over to the PNB Colombo Office for further investigations. TID, PNB and Crimes DIG Sirisena Herath is directing investigations. Three dead in lorry-truck collision A lorry carrying a load of fish from Kalpitiya to Colombo hit a stationary police truck at Mangala-eliya, killing the police driver Edwin Ranaweera of Chilaw Police, who was in the truck and P. K. Cyril Nobert (46) of Ja-ela and Sebestian Fernando (42) of Kalpitiya, who were in the lorry. The Mundalama police who took into custody the lorry driver is conducting investigations under the direction of IP Anton Methew assisted by PS Alawatte and PC Sisira. Motorcyclist and infant die in accident S.G. Dhanapala, a motorcyclist of Bakmeeruppa and Chanaka Dilmi Madhusanka (3 years) died on the spot when the motorcyclist hit a lorry at Talgahapitiya Junction, Bingiriya in the morning of November 27. It is alleged that the motorcycle which approached from a sideway hit the lorry and when the lorry was swerved to avert the accident it knocked down the child. The child's mother M.P. Kusumawathie and Samantha of Thimbiriwewa who were at the nearby bus halt were injured and were admitted to Colombo and Bingiriya hospitals. Bingiriya Traffic Police under the direction of IP Premaratne Adhikari are investigating. Millionaire businessman arrested with smuggled gold The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) yesterday morning arrested a millionaire Petah businessman with 12 kilos of gold valued over Rs.7.5 million. TID DIG Sirisena Herath who is directing investigations conducted by the Director, Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), Senior SP Ranjith Weerasuriya said that the consignment of gold had been smuggled into the country from a boat near the Chilaw beach last week. The consignment of gold was handed over to the Customs for further investigation, the DIG said. H. Chandradasa and Amarajith de Silva of the PNB assisted in arresting the suspect. Custom Officers A.K. Dharmasena, O.B. Jayanethi, P.H. Wijepala, S.A. Mohammed Ali and Sarath Palambakumbura are conducting the investigations. Help save this life Ms. Princy Fonseka Muthunayake is suffering from Leukaemia and presently undergoing surgical treatment in India. Princy's father, M. Willington Somaratne of Kebella, Hewadivela, Rambukkana is unable to meet the medical bills of his daughter and appeals to the financial asistance. He requests any donations to be remitted to A/c No. 226082 of the Centurian Bank, Padma Complex 320, Aannasalai, Nandanam, Chennai, 600035 or to A/c No. 207-094340-0 People's Bank, Rambukkana. Sabotage! Editor, Daily News and the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (ANCL) apologise to our readers for limiting yesterday's issue of the Daily News to 8 pages. It was caused by threats and intimidation against employees in several departments and by other acts of sabotage conducted by a small group of members of the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) affiliated to the UNP, that launched an indefinite strike in a in a bid to prevent the publication of ANCL newspapers. Once this intimidation and sabotage was brought under control, the larger numbers of employees produced the limited page newspaper. This manifestly demonstrates the scant respect shown by the UNP to media freedom, freedom of expression, the people's right to be informed of and the right of journalists to carry on their work free of intimidation. |
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