Anticipatory bail application by Police Commission Secretary rejected

17 Jul, 2019

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by National Police Commission Secretary and former Additional Defence Secretary Saman Dissnayake.

Dissanayake had filed an anticipatory bail application seeking an order to release him on bail if he was arrested over the Avant Garde illegal floating armoury case.

The Attorney-General had instructed the acting Inspector General of Police earlier this month to produce Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadipathi and seven others in court in connection with the offences they had allegedly committed under the Fire Arms Ordnance, the Explosives Act, as well as the Penal Code, in the Avant Garde Maritime Services? floating armory case.

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