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COLOMBO (News 1st): Colombo High Court Judge, Aditya Patabandige on Monday (Feb. 22) ordered the Prisons Commissioner to produce in court infamous drug lord, Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias ‘Wele Suda’ on the 17th June 2021.
The Attorney-at-Law representing the defence pointed out in court today (22), that his client is currently held at the Boosa Prison.
The Attorney General had filed charges against ‘Wele Suda’, his wife and a relative of Wele Suda’s wife.
The case was filed with regard to offences committed under the provisions of the Money Laundering Act for the possession of assets and money worth Rs. 170 million earned through Heroin smuggling, during the period from 1st January 2010 to 25th February 2012.
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(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) torney General (AG) Dappula de Livera today submitted a request to appoint a second trial-at-bar to hear the case on the third Central Bank bond auction conducted in 2016.
The AG requested Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya to appoint the new trial-at-bar to commence hearings on the third bond auction conducted on 31st March 2016.
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, Perpetual Treasuries Limited beneficiary owner Arjun Aloysius, and seven other suspects have been accused over the scam.
Last week, the AG requested the Chief Justice to appoint the first trial-at-bar to hear the case on the Central Bank treasury bond scam.