Operators of pirate TV station arrested

Two men who had surreptitiously operated a pirate television station was arrested by a team of police officers following a raid carried out on an upstair house in Mahaiyawa, Kandy last Friday, Police Media Spokesman, SP Prishantha Jayakody told the Sunday Observer.

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Cattle saved from slaughter

From unauthorised abattoir in Welisara:

The government imposed a ban on the slaughter of animals and the closure of liquor bars, taverns and casinos for a period of three days from 16th-18th of May 2011 in view of the Sambuddathva celebrations this month. According to police however it is during prohibition times that bootleggers make a fortune by supplying liquor and beef to unauthorised outlets in the City of Colombo.

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