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Mistaken shot kills farmer

A farmer died when he was shot while guarding a paddy field at 2 am yesterday in Mahayana in Medirigiriya.

Police identified the victim as 28-year-old W A Amaradasa of Medagma, Medirigiriya.

Investigations revealed that the victim was guarding a paddy field with another farmer in a hut on a tree when he was shot on his head at Godagewatte.

The other farmer said he woke up after hearing noises from an elephant and shot at the elephant using a mortar gun when accidentally the farmer had got shot.

Medirigiriya Police are investigating.

Nabbed with cannabis

Three people were arrested with 7.6 kgs of cannabis at track 6 in Kuttigala on Monday.

They were produced before the Embilipitiya magistrate yesterday.

Kuttigala Police are investigating.

Foreigner nabbed with heroin

Four Foreigners, including two women and a child, were arrested with 300 grammes of heroin and 44 grammes of cocaine in the possession of one of the suspects while staying in Sri Lanka without visa in Negombo on Monday.

Eththukala Circuit Police made the arrest at Eththukala, Kattuwa road, Negombo.

Negombo Police kept the suspects in detention for investigations.

Netted with sambhur meat

Lindula Police arrested three people with sambhur meat in the Horton Plains forest reserve on Monday.

The suspects had poached the sambhur by entering the area illegally.

They were produced before the Nuwara Eliya magistrate yesterday.

House gutted, bank caught fire

A house in Grandpass caught fire and was completely destroyed Monday night.

A kerosene oil lamp had accidentally rolled over and ignited the fire in the house at State Pura, Police said. The flames were extinguished by neighbours. No injuries were reported. Grandpass Police are investigating.Meanwhile, the archives of the rural bank in Poojapitiya have been destroyed after a fire in the bank on Monday morning.

Investigations revealed that the fire erupted in the generator room where the files had been stored.

Police said that the generator caught fire when an employee tried to switch it on. Katugastota Police are investigating.

Airmen remanded

An Air Force personnel who had been taken into custody with a 9 mm automatic pistol and four bullets in his possession was remanded until June 20 by the Polonnaruwa magistrate.

Police arrested the suspect at Patunagama in Pulasthipura on Sunday.

Pulasthipura Police lead the investigations.