Strengthen coastal security, says Actg STF Commandant
The coastal security is not strong enough to
prevent dangerous narcotics entering the country via sea routes,
Police Special Task Force (STF) Acting Commandant SSP Ranjith Perera
said.
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Intl drug mafia strikes again
* Mastermind, a Pakistani
* Two Tamils apprehended with heroin worth Rs.680
million
Almost a year after the largest- ever heroin
haul of 261 kilograms was seized in August 2013 and a series of
subsequent high scale detections being made, it has have triggered
much controversy and has paved the way for doubts arising as to
whether the country has become a narcotic hub in the region. Once
again these doubts have arisen following Wednesday's detection of
85.5 kg by the Police Special Task Force. By Kurulu Kariyakarawana
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A battle against life and death won:
From village girls to career women
Fear and sadness was visible in her when
Vijayasaliny began talking about her gloomy past. Vijayasaliny, an
ordinary Tamil girl from a village called Manduvil in
Pudukuduyirippu had seen and heard the worst in life. She just
turned twenty this year. She saw her friend living next door dragged
by the LTTE to be recruited by them into their outfit. “I saw her
that afternoon. She had a bath and just went into her house.
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