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The 48-year-old man was sentenced to three weeks in prison after trying to sell 4 litres of gasoline to the black market, in the midst of a shortage of fuel due to war in the Middle East.
Sri Lankan man jailed for 21 days for fuel hoarding
Colombo, Mar 27 (PTI) A man charged for hoarding four litres of petrol in a town in northwest Sri Lanka has been sentenced to 21 days in jail. Sri Lanka has banned fuel hoarding soon after the outbreak of the US and Israel's joint attack on Iran. Lasantha Kumara Balasuriya, 48, from Nikaweratiya township in the North Western province, pleaded guilty in the court on Thursday and said the fuel he stockpiled was to be used for cleaning up the surro…
Sri Lanka jails man over 4 liters of hoarded petrol amid fuel crisis - VnExpress International
Sri Lanka has jailed a man for three weeks after he admitted to hoarding four liters of petrol during a nationwide fuel shortage triggered by the Middle East war, local media reported Friday. - VnExpress International
Three weeks for Lankan hoarding four litres of petrol
Sri Lanka has jailed a man for three weeks after he admitted to hoarding four litres of petrol during a nationwide fuel shortage triggered by the Middle East war, local media reported on Friday. The 48-year-old man initially said the fuel was for his lawnmower. A magistrate in Nikaweratiya, 125 kilometres northeast of the capital Colombo, also imposed a fine of US$5, according to the Lankadeepa daily newspaper. It added that the man had been cha…
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