IRCs and pickpockets nabbed in shopping malls
Several plainclothes police women along with
their male counterparts have been detailed in shopping areas such as
Pettah, Kollupitiya, Bambalapitiya and Wellawate to keep an eye on
pickpockets where large numbers of shoppers congregate. “From the
day the operation commenced we have arrested around 20-30 persons
against whom warrants have been issued by various courts.
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More Lankan peace-keepers for Haiti
The next contingent of Sri Lankan troops for the
United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Haiti will leave the island
during the first week of January 2013. According to military
sources, this is the 15th Lankan Forces contingent to be sent to
Haiti and comprises Army, Navy and Air Force personnel.
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Group attempting to revive LTTE nabbed
The Tamil Nadu Police ‘Q’ Branch sleuths have
arrested a key LTTE operative and electronics expert and three men
he had recruited in a plan to revive the Tiger terrorist
organisation. The arrests have been made on a tip-off given by the
Sri Lankan army which recently apprehended two Sri Lankan Tamils on
the suspicion of attempting to rebuild the tiger terrorist
organisation.
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Sunday Crime
Husband held over gruesome triple killing
The gruesome killing of a mother and two of her
young children has sent shockwaves among law-abiding citizens. The
charred bodies of the young mother along with her three-year-old son
and a month-old infant who lived in an upstair house at Kaldemulla
in the Mount Lavinia area was found in their room when police
visited the scene.
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