New police stations to help combat crime
President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for the
setting up of new police stations and checkpoints in a bid to combat
criminal activities country-wide . President Rajapaksa in his
capacity as Finance and Planning, Defence, Ports and Aviation, and
Highways Minister was participating in the Parliamentary
Consultative meetings of ministries in Parliament on Friday.
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STF seizes 86,000 cigarettes, 450 bottles of illicit liquor
STF personnel on Saturday arrested a person in
Aluthkade area along with a haul of cigarettes brought into the
country evading Customs duty. Police STF personnel, acting on
information received by intelligence unit officers of the Rajagiriya
camp seized over 86,600 cigarettes, under the brand name Gold Seal
valued at nearly Rs. two million from the suspect’s possession.
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CID arrests monk
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
arrested a man in robes from a temple in Bandarigoda, Induruwa in
connection with a series of crimes in Bentota, Aluthgama. Police
media sources revealed the monk supported and accommodated the
suspects to commit crimes.
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