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Associate of ‘Kimbula Ela Guna’ arrested
Thavasidevan Pradeep Kumar (21) alias ‘Suresh’ was arrested yesterday (06) at the Aluth Mawatha Road in Colombo 15 by the Special Task Force (STF). 2.22
Thirty youths at a beach party arrested with drugs
Thirty youths at a beach party in Mount Lavinia have been arrested by the police for the possession of drugs. Reportedly, the drugs were found
Prisons Officers get death threats: Thalatha
Some Officers in the Ministry of Prisons had received death threats after the Minister took steps to rid the prisons of corruption and drugs, Prison
22 arrested for possession of drugs at Thalawila Church
Twenty-two individuals have been convicted and fined by the Puttalam Additional Magistrate, for the possession of heroin and cannabis at the premises of St. Anne’s
Sri Lankan nabbed at airport with an assortment of drugs worth Rs. 4.7 million
Sri Lanka Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake have arrested a Sri Lankan who was attempting to smuggle in an
36 youths arrested with drugs on pilgrimage to Sri Pada
Sri Lanka Police during a special operation conducted Saturday (31) arrested 36 youths, who were engaged in a pilgrimage to the sacred Sri Pada mountain
Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewage arrested over killing of inmates at Welikada Prison
The Criminal Investigations Department of Sri Lanka police has arrested Commissioner of Prisons (Rehabilitation) Emil Ranjan Lamahewage in connection with the deadly shooting which killed
Ja-Ela arrest yields over 1000 ‘tablets’
A person has been arrested in Ja-Ela for the alleged illegal possession of drugs in the form of Tramadol tablets. Police said, 1,300 such tablets,
Drug-related arrests made in Kohuwala
Six people have been arrested along Saranankara Road in Kohuwala for the alleged possession of Heroin. Police said, they took into custody 65 grammes of