Illegal timber transporter fined

K.K .D. PREMALAL, Matugama Daily News special corr

A man found guilty of illegally transporting a load of Bulu (Terminalia bellirica) timber was fined Rs 30,000 by Matugama Chief Magistrate Daminda Ramanayake Weligodapitiya.

The magistrate ordered the timber to be confiscated and to be handed over to the State Timber Corporation.

Kulasekerage Wasantha Kulasekera of Agalawatte was nabbed by Matugama Police.