Puttalam District MP Ali Sabri Raheem who was arrested by the Kalpitiya police earlier today, has been released on bail, after being produced before the Puttalam Magistrate’s Court today.
The Puttalam Acting Magistrate has ordered the MP to be released on a surety bail of Rs. 200,000 and also to appear before court on 22 July,
The MP was arrested this morning shortly after he appeared at the Kalpitiya Police Station, in response to a recently issued warrant.
Last year, Raheem became the center of a scandal when he was caught at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo with a significant amount of undeclared gold and mobile phones. (Newswire)