An office assistant from the Government Analyst’s Department has been arrested by Police Special Task Force (STF) officers with heroin and ICE.

The individual was apprehended yesterday (28) at a house in Kudadeniya Lane, Hokandara South, within the Malabe Police division.

During the arrest, the 58-year-old suspect was found in possession of 265 grams of heroin and 250 grams of ICE. (Newswire)

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An office assistant of the Postal Department who had received Rs. 11,000 as a bribe has been sentenced to 28 years of rigorous imprisonment, to be served in seven years. 

It is reported that Colombo High Court Judge Mahesh Weeraman had issued the order in connection to a case filed regarding a complaint by a businessman in Mirigama. 

According to the complainant, the office assistant had solicited a bribe to release 30 CCTV cameras imported to Sri Lanka from the international express section of the Central Post Exchange duty-free. 

The Colombo High Court convicted the office assistant under four charges serving a jail term of 07 years per charge. 

The judge also imposed a fine of Rs. 5000 on the office assistant, warning that failure to settle the payment will result in an additional 06 months jail term. (Newswire)

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