Navy detects two trawlers
The Navy Thursday arrested another 86 persons
illegally bound for Australia on two multi -day trawlers. The
trawler Senesha Duwa with 67 persons, including 58 Tamils and nine
Sinhalese on board and the other named “Seloni Duwa” with 19 persons
including 14 Tamils and five Sinhalese on board were intercepted 20
nautical miles off Chillaw.
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Artefact hunters behind bars
Police arrested three suspects while attempting
to blast a rock in search of artefacts in Adal Oya. The implements
and tools used by the suspects were seized. Police also defused a
dynamite the suspects had set to blast the rock.
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Twenty illegal migrants nabbed
Pottuvil Police with Army assistance arrested 20
persons who are alleged to have attempted to illegally migrate to
another country by sea, at Komari beach. The suspects are residents
of Hambantota.
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Arrested with repeater
The Beliatta police arrested two suspects with a
foreign made repeater-gun in their possession at Thembiligaswatta
Walawela in Nihiluwa on Tuesday. The two suspects are residents of
Nihiluwa, Beliatta police said. The Beliatta police are
investigating.
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