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STF busts fertilizer racket in East

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More than 150 bags of fertilizer being transported in two lorries without a licence were seized and six suspects arrested by Special Task Force (STF) personnel yesterday.

The fertilizer was initially meant to be handed over to the farmers under the government’s subsidy scheme.

Police media spokesman Preshantha Jayakody said an STF bike squad on patrol had stopped two lorries at Karaitivu for a random check when 153 bags of fertilizer were discovered.

He said the suspects, the two lorries and the fertilizer have been handed over to the Sammanthurai police.

The suspects were produced in the Kalmunai Magistrate’s Court on Monday and were remanded till today.

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