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In the wake of increasing narcotic use by errant bus drivers on long
distance buses, the police will purchase on-the-spot narcotic
detecting machines to take action against the suspects, DIG Traffic
Amarasiri Senaratne said.
Despite the much touted security measures in
place the killing spree appears to be continuing unabated as
indicated by this week’s discovery of a burnt van with five charred
bodies in Dankotuwa:
The five charred bodies inside a burnt vehicle
in Buthgampola, Dankotuwa on March 11 has brought the broad daylight
shooting to a new dimension in the backdrop of the intense security
launched by the police with the support of the intelligence network
and the military to check the rising crime wave in the country.
Another social media coup as police arrest two of
the five men involved in the senseless torture and beheading of the
white bellied sea eagle:
Hot on the heels of a successful social media
campaign last week – ‘Occupy the Square’ – that defended the right
of young lovers to meet at Independence Square without being chased
away by ‘cultural police,’ a second such campaign also resulted in
immediate results: |
