Police release details of suspicious person arrested at monk protest

Police have released details of a 58-year-old man arrested with two prohibited knives at the protest site near Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo on Wednesday night (October 21).

According to the Police Media Division, officers from the Colombo South Division Crime Investigation Bureau arrested the suspect during an inspection of the protest grounds within the Cinnamon Gardens police area.

Investigations revealed that the suspect, a resident of Kandaliyaddapaluwa, Ragama, had been participating in the ongoing monk-led protest for several days.

Police are conducting further investigations to determine whether the suspect had intended to commit an offence at the protest site.

The suspect was produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on October 22 and released on personal bail of Rs. 100,000. The case is scheduled to be recalled on November 30. (Newswire)

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