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Three arrested as food meant for the poor lost to fraud Staff Reporter"> By Staff Reporter - 05 May 2021 - 14:46 Three people have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the World Food Programme. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/BELCHONOK The Johannesburg Hawks’ serious commercial crime investigation team has arrested three people for allegedly defrauding more than R5m worth of foodstuffs from the World Food Programme (WFP). The food had been donated by the US Agency for ...

(iStock) Three company directors have been arrested for alleged fraud involving over R5 million worth of foodstuffs meant to feed the needy in Malawi.   They were arrested by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for alleged fraud related to food, such as tons of refined vegetable oil and yellow split peas, that was donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian relief.  The ...

983 The illicit liquor and lahan seized by the Amritsar rural police from Boparai Khurd village, near Amritsar, on Sunday. Tribune photo Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 2 In yet another major haul of illicit liquor, the Amritsar rural police on Sunday busted eight illegal working stills. The police nabbed five bootleggers, identified as Sarwan Singh, Angrez Singh, Sanjay, Avtar Singh and Resham Singh, all residents of Boparai Khurd village falling under the Lopoke police station here. The ...

Punjab Police busts illicit liquor manufacturing unit in Amritsar, five held ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 22:11 IST Chandigarh/Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): The Amritsar Rural Police has busted another illicit liquor manufacturing unit and arrested five persons during a raid at village Boparai Khurd in Lopoke here. The Police have recovered 1,18,400 Kg Lahan (raw material used for making liquor), 390 litres illicit liquor, eight working stills, 94 ...

CCTV cameras have been installed in Kilinochchi to identify those who do not follow health guidelines. Chairman of the Kilinochchi Pradeshiya Sabha, Arunachalam Welamakithan said that Covid-19 was becoming a serious problem there as people were not adhering to health guidelines. With the support of the CCTV evidence, those who violated the health guidelines could be arrested, he said. Welamakithan said that vendors at the Kilinochchi wholesale market worked closely with commercial hubs in Dambu...

By Dinasena Ratugamage Former TNA MP Mavai Senathirajah yesterday said that he will be the party’s next chief ministerial candidate for the Northern Provincial Council. He made this declaration addressing the media at the ITAK office in Jaffna. “There are several names, but they have been proposed by some people who live in Colombo and come here occasionally. People in the North are not supportive of any of them.” Senathirajah said that former Northern chief minister C.V. Wigneswaran was ...

Due to the negligence of the government the people would face hitherto unseen hardships, Abeywardena said. “Last year, the government locked the country down when a few cases were detected, but now thousands of cases are being found. Nothing is being done,” he charged. Former MP Abeywardena said that health experts had warned the government to impose travel restrictions during the festive season. However, the arrogance of the government prevented it from listening to experts, he said. “Th...

Odisha Police intensifies COVID enforcement drive ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 19:42 IST Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 29 (ANI): In view of the rise of COVID-19 cases, OdishaPolice has intensified the COVID enforcement drive, which includes enforcement of mask usage, social distancing, implementation of night curfew, weekend shutdown, and functioning of border check posts on Chhattisgarh and West Bengal border among others. 158 platoons police force ha...

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