Counterfeit note gets man two years RI

Kapila Somarathne Panadura group correspondent

Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Malanee Gunaratne imposed two years imprisonment suspended for 10 years on an accused who pleaded guilty to possessing a Rs. 1,000 counterfeit note.

B.A. Pume Indika of Piliyandala was indicted by the Attorney General after he was arrested by Piliyandala Police.

State Counsel Chathurangi Mahawaduge prosecuted.

Meanwhile, a woman who pleaded guilty to possessing and trafficking heroin was imposed a four year sentence suspended for 10 years.

Sisi Thusari Perera of Moratuwa was arrested in 2004 by Moratuwa Police and remanded for six years.

When the case was called, the accused pleaded guilty to the indictment. Judge Gunaratne also imposed an additional one year imprisonment on the accused as she had violated a suspended sentence of one year in another case.