Three-day booze ban from April 12-14

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All liquor shops, bars, taverns and places selling alcohol will be shut from April 12 to 14 on the orders of the Excise Commissioner General.

The sale of liquor has been banned on April 13 and 14 for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year and on April 12 as it is a National Day of Mourning, Excise Spokesman Superintendent Prabath Jayawickrama said.

He added that countrywide excise divisions and stations had been alerted to conduct special operations to apprehend and take legal action against law breakers. (Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana)

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