Fishing boat hijacking:
Australia repatriates 14 illegal immigrants
Fourteen Sri Lankan asylum seekers who travelled
to Australia on board a hijacked fishing trawler were deported by
the Australian Immigration Department yesterday. They were arrested
by the Sri Lankan Police on arrival at the Bandaranaike
International Airport (BIA) last afternoon and handed over to a
special police team in Matara for questioning,
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Forged currency notes racket under probe
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has
launched an investigation into a forged currency notes racket
following the arrest of a woman with forged Rs. 1,000 notes last
week. After investigations, the Crime branch of the Mount Lavinia
police,
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LTTE ban should be continued, Indian Court told
Defending the ban on the LTTE, two Tamil Nadu
police personnel on Saturday deposed before a tribunal conducting
hearings to decide the validity of the proscription of the Sri
Lankan militant outfit. Appearing before the Justice V K Jain
Tribunal, formed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act,
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Police grill smart alec over missing Euros
Following a newspaper report that appeared last
week the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) began a probe into
the incident where a Sri Lankan living in Italy for more than 15
years had embezzled 400 million European currency notes and
priceless gold jewellery that belonged to a wealthy Italian
businessman.
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