Person caught for selling highly poisonous pesticides

Thursday, 06 March 2014 - 12:34

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Dambulla Magistrate courts have ordered a person to pay 2 hundred thousand rupee fine, for attempting to sell highly poisonous pesticides to farmers.

The pesticides, imported from India, were seized by the officials of the Agriculture Department’s Registrar office when they were prepared to be sold.

A case has been filed against the suspect under 4 allegations.

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