Police foil bank robbery, one killed in shoot-out

Police foiled a bank robbery at the heart of Thalangama town yesterday morning, while killing a member of a robber gang during a shoot-out, Police Media Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. He said three men had come to rob the Battaramulla branch of a state bank in Thalangama and hurled grenades at the police personnel who arrived at the scene.

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Navy nabs boatload of illegal immigrants

The Navy arrested 53 illegal immigrants on Tuesday while attempting to flee to Australia. Of them, 47 were Sri Lankans and the other two Indians. The other four were the crew of the trawler. Police said the Navy arrested the immigrants in the seas 60 miles off Hambantota in a trawler.

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