Smuggling of 40 M USD: couple barred from leaving country
Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya yesterday (28) ordered the Controller of Immigration and Emigration to ban the suspect businessman Rienzie Mahesh Kumara Edwards and his wife Punya Priyanthi Menike from leaving the country as the Nugegoda-based couple is alleged to have smuggled in more than 40 million US dollars.