Ransom demanding ring busted
Police have bared a racket by a group of
criminals where affluent families in Mirihana and other areas have
been threatened with harm and death if they did not deposit ransoms
in several bank accounts. Mirihana Police on Monday arrested a
suspect in connection with the incident and further interrogation of
the suspect revealed that another suspect who is serving a 36 year
sentence in the Mahara Prison was instrumental in the racket.
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Vavuniya prison riot:
‘Strings pulled by international Tiger network’
Police have gathered information that the recent
unrest in the Vavuniya Prison was a conspiracy with links to the
international Tiger network and it was the same evil forces that
tried to mask the particular incident by Vavuniya prison inmates,
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Businessman held with ganja haul
A businessman transporting 750 grammes of ganja
in a three wheeler was nabbed by Anuradhapura Police Investigation
Bureau officers near the Nuwarawewa anicut. Two others travelling
with him escaped on seeing the Police.
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