Excise officer remanded
An Excise Officer who accepted Rs 50,000 as a gratification not to indict two suspects in a Higher Court for possessing heroin was remanded till October 16 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi.
An IMA cadet, arrested on charges of undergoing training at the Academy on fake identity, was remanded to five-day police custody by a court here on Wednesday.