Yasaratne GAMAGE

Watery grave for three

Three persons including a mother and a daughter drowned while bathing in Narammala and Pothuvil on Monday.

A 40 year old woman and her daughter aged 14, drowned while bathing in a pit of water in Diggalkanda in Panapitiya, Narammala. Lalitha Indrani ( mother ) and I G Malshi Nisansala of Deekirinewa, Panaptiyakanda died in the incident. A 19 year old youth was dragged away by the currents at Ulla beach on the same day. He was on a picnic to Ulla beach, Pothuvil with relations, Police said. The victim, M P Ammanul Huck was a resident of Hunugala watte, Gampola.

His body was sent to the Moneragala hospital morgue for the post-mortem.

Boy electrocuted

A 10 year old boy died of electrocution when he accidentally touched an electric wire fallen on the ground at Meddegoda, Daulagala on Sunday. Police said a coconut tree had fallen onto to the wire system which cased the wire to land on the ground. Rasika Bandara of Kandessa died in the incident.

Two arrested while transporting heroin

The Police Narcotics Bureau arrested two suspects while transporting 50.600 grams of heroin in a threewheeler near the Mohideen Jumma mosque on St Joseph's Street, Colombo on Sunday.

The main suspect was a resident of Nawagampura. The threewheeler driver was arrested for aiding him. The suspects were being questioned under detention orders by the Maligakanda Magistrate.

Buddha statue selling attempt foiled

A person was arrested in Kandy while attempting to sell an archaeologically significant Buddha statue to an offer of Rs 500,000. The 18.5 cm tall statue belonging to the Kandyan era had been brought in a car by the suspect.

The Kandy Anti-terrorist Operation Bureau carried out the raid. The suspect, a resident of Suriyagoda, Muruthalawa was produced in Kandy Magistrate's Court yesterday.