CDC helps to arrest unlawful activities

by Jayamapthy JAYASINGHE

Several persons involved in criminal activity such as drug trafficking and terrorist activity were taken into custody by the police with the support extended by Members of the Civil Defence Committee (CDC) revealed its Director, Senior Superintendent of Police T.M. Karunaratne at a media briefing held in Colombo yesterday.

Senior DIG Western Province Nimal Mediweke, DIG Colombo H.M.D. Herath, DIG Traffic Headquarters Lucky Peiris, DIG Police Narcotics Bureau, Sisira Mendis, and senior officers participated at the media briefing.

SSP Karunaratne said the Civil Defence Committee members had tipped off the police regarding the LTTE suicide kits and the robbery staged in the Pettah area a few moths ago. They also tipped off the police about a Rs. 9 million robbery staged at Kotadeniyawa. The Civil Defence Committee had helped police to maintain the law and order situation in the country and provided security cover to most schools in the Colombo district.

Meanwhile, DIG, Traffic Headquarters, Lucky Peiris said the public can now inform police by ringing 2394959 during traffic congestion.

"We would then send a police team to the spot to investigate the congestion. The scheme would be extended to the provinces later," he said.

He pleaded with motorists not to park their vehicles on pavements and drive under the influence of liquor.

DIG, Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), Sisira Mendis said that they are

working in closer collaboration with international anti-drug agencies to crack down on heroin smuggling operations. The PNB with foreign drug agencies has launched an investigation into the incident where a Pakistani national had attempted to smuggle three kilograms of heroin.