Two bodies found

Eheliyagoda and Balangoda Police on Monday found two bodies of men in Digalawatte and Rassagala. The first body was found in Ambagampala canal in Digalawatte. The deceased was identified as 57-year-old O M Gunasinghe of Batangala in the same area.

Police said the man’s wife had given a statement to the Police saying her husband who went out of their home to participate in a funeral did not return until the Police alerted her about his death. The other body was found at a ferry in Hulu Oya Ganga in Thennahena. Police identified the victim as W P Sudasinghe of Rassagala, Balangoda.

Man dies after falling from motorcycle

An elderly man in Saramulla, Meetiyagoda succumbed to injuries after falling from the motorcycle he was riding. He succumbed to injuries at Karapitiya hospital on Sunday.

Initial investigations revealed that 60-year-old B Chandrasena of Dikela, Batapola had fallen off the motorcycle unable to control it.

Maldivian arrested

Alawathugoda Police arrested a Maldivian staying in Sri Lanka without valid visa. Acting on a tip- off, the suspect was arrested at Mawathupola. The suspect, 36-year-old Suleiman Ali was produced before the Kandy magistrate yesterday.

Brothel raided

Two women were arrested by the Walana Anti-Vice Squad when they raided a brothel on Kalubowila road in Kohuwala on Monday. One woman had managed the brothel while the other was employed there.

They were produced before the Gangodawila magistrate yesterday.

Motorcycles seized

Maskeliya STF officers acting on a tip- off, arrested a suspect with three motorcycles bearing forged number plates in Hatton on Monday. He was produced before the Hatton magistrate yesterday.

Afagan tourist missing while bathing

Ethukala Police and the life saving units in Negombo commenced a search operation to find an Afghan tourist who went missing while bathing at a beach in Ettukala.

The Afghan was 31-year-old Mohommad Naurus Ali.

Investigations revealed that he had arrived in Sri Lanka on tourist visa and stayed at a hotel near the beach where he went missing while bathing.

Four treasure hunters nabbed

Maha Oya Police arrested four suspects h

unting for treasure in Aranthalawa forest reserve on Monday.

The suspects who arrived in a car had a laptop with video footage of archaeologically significant plots in the reserve.

The suspects, residents of Uhana, were produced before the Dehiattakandiya magistrate yesterday.