Gampaha Additonal Magistrate Manjula Karunaratne yesterday upheld that Police can raid places where illicit liquor is brewed and sold without excise officials and the Police can file action against the suspects under Exercise Ordinance.
The magistrate issued this judgement when a lawyer who appeared for a suspect involved in selling illicit liquor raised preliminary sobjection that the Police had no authority to file action against his client under the Exercise Ordinance.
The Gampaha Police had produced the suspect from Badhuwathugoda in Gampaha in 2017 with 1,500 ml of illicit liquor in his possession.