The Galle Magistrate on Thursday (27) lifted the foreign travel ban imposed on former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposed earlier regarding the floating armory case.

Police seized a ship containing a ‘floating armory’, run by private security firm Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt) Ltd and docked in port of Galle earlier in the year.

On March 9, the Galle Magistrate’s Court issued an order preventing several individuals including former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and ex-Navy Chief Somathilake Dissanayake from traveling abroad. The ban was lifted for a period of one month on August 13.