{"id":14179,"date":"2025-05-15T12:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:31:51","slug":"12-arrested-for-fertilizer-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14179","title":{"rendered":"12 arrested for fertilizer fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-1024x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-768x248.jpg 768w, 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residents of Siripura, Bulathkohupitiya and Batticaloa areas, aged between 23 and 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of the arrest of the above suspects, 1,565 bales of fertilizer that had been brought for transfer, 05 lorries that had been prepared for fertilizer transportation and 13,585 empty fertilizer bags from various institutions were found at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrested suspects were produced before the Dehiattakandiya Magistrate&#8217;s Court yesterday (14) and were remanded until the 28th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polonnaruwa Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau is conducting further investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0d87\u0db8\u0ddd\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf \u0db4\u0ddc\u0dc4\u0ddc\u0dbb \u0dba\u0dd6\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf \u0db4\u0ddc\u0dc4\u0ddc\u0dbb \u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0d82\u0da0\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dbb 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