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Police have arrested 626 persons for violating the Quarantine Curfew in the last 24 hours ending at 6.00 am yesterday (27). So far, 59,621 persons have been arrested for violating the quarantine laws, according to the Police…

A suspect was arrested in Mukathuwaram in the Batticaloa Police Division during the lockdown yesterday for selling liquor. Police found a high number of bottles of liquor at his house on a tip off. The suspect was produced before…

The Navy seized 139.930kg of Kerala cannabis during a special operation in the seas off Manalkadu, Point Pedro yesterday morning and nabbed two suspects. The Northern Naval Command deployed the Inshore Patrol Craft P 177 to carry…

The Navy recovered 1,377 Kg of dried turmeric which was being smuggled into the country during special operations conducted at the beach of Arippu in Mannar and the Kalpitiya Lagoon area on August 22, 23, 24. The SLNS…

A 36-year-old resident of Nugegoda was taken into custody on Monday (23) by the Police Computer Crimes Investigation Division in connection with posting fake photographs to social media networks, using photographs from a foreign…

The Police arrested 639 persons for violating Quarantine Curfew Regulations during the 24 hours ended at 6 a.m. yesterday (24), the Police Media Division (PMD) said in a press release. About 57,435 people have been arrested for…

Former minister Rishad Bathiudeen has been named as the fifth suspect over the death of 16-year-old girl who was employed as a domestic aide in Minister’s residence. Meanwhile, the Parliamentarian’s wife, father-in-law,…

Trade union member Ananda Palitha, who was arrested yesterday, has been granted bail by the Colombo Additional Magistrate's court. He was arrested yesterday by the Criminal Investigations Department over the controversial…

Police and the Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel arrested a youth in the Dharmapuram Musuram area in Kilinochchi on Thursday with a mobile phone containing several promotional videos aimed at reviving the LTTE.…

A suspect who forged motorcycle chassis numbers and engine numbers has been arrested by the CID at Kurana in Negombo on Thursday. The suspect was arrested after the Police found that the chassis number and engine number of a motorcycle…