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SJB LG member arrested with cannabis
November 18, 2025
|The Island
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member of the Kandaketiya Pradeshiya Sabha has been arrested by the Badulla Police, in Pallewatte, with 86 grams of cannabis in his possession.
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Police identified the arrested person as a resident of Pallewatte, Hapathgamuwa, in HaliEla.
هذه القصة من طبعة November 18, 2025 من The Island.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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