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Severe punishment for offenders:
Tough laws soon to check human trafficking
Sri Lanka will strengthen its laws by bringing in
new amendments to the Immigration and Emigration Act to prevent the
country being used as a safe haven for human smuggling, Controller
of Immigration and Emigration Chulananda Perera told the Sunday
Observer. Sri Lanka will take steps to put a stop to human smuggling
by introducing severe punishment for the offenders under the
proposed amendments to be presented in Parliament soon,
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Foreign national, Kattadiya quizzed:
Treasure hunters in the net
Several people including a foreign national who
joined the bandwagon of illicit treasure hunters in the past few
months along with the Kattadias have been taken in for questioning
by the police and their implements seized while excavating treasures
in various parts of the country,
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Sunday Crime
Midnight drama in ganja plantation
Hambegamuwa and Thanamalwila located in the Uva
province have been a safe haven for Ganja (Cannabis Sativa) growers
for several decades due to its jungle terrain infested with wild
elephants, buffaloes and wildboar. The area borders the Southern
province. Only a handful of farmers till the land in the state
forest reserves illicitly to grow cannabis that bring them a
substantial profit than any other crop.
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