Author Archive for Law & Order

Operation ‘Yukthiya’: Drugs worth over Rs. 850 mn seized in 14 days

Sunday, December 31st, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police together with the Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested over 20,000 suspects over drugs-related crimes during the past 14 days of the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, says the Public Security Ministry. Financial asset investigations have been initiated against 189 suspects and 1,298 individuals have been sent for rehabilitation. Additionally, detention orders […]

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යුක්ති දැලට පැටලුණු අවුරුදු 23නේ කෙළි පොඩ්ඩ 

Saturday, December 30th, 2023

උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ

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‘Yukthiya’ operation: 1,400 more individuals nabbed with drugs

Friday, December 29th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana During the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation, the security forces personnel have arrested over 1,400 more suspects on suspicion of drug peddling. As such, a total of 1,467 more drug suspects have been placed under arrest within a 24-hour window ending at 12:30 a.m. today (Dec.29). According to the Public Security Ministry, detention orders were […]

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Sri Lanka to arrest, repatriate 30 Sri Lankan criminals operating abroad

Tuesday, December 26th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said on Tuesday that the country has launched an operation to arrest and repatriate 30 Sri Lankan criminal bosses who operate from outside the country. The minister told reporters that 29 of these criminals are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and another one is in […]

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“මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරම්කරුවන්ට සම්බන්ධ දේශපාලනඥයන් හදන්නේ යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම දුර්වල කරන්න”

Monday, December 25th, 2023

By Mawbima පාතාලය සහ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරම්කරුවන් සමග සබඳතා පවත්වන දේශපාලඥයන් ‘යුක්තිය’ මෙහෙයුම හෑල්ලුවට පත්කරන කුහක ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් කරන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් පවසයි. ගල්කිස්ස පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ ප්‍රජා පොලිස් කමිටු දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා හෝමාගම දියගම තාක්ෂණික විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පැවති වැඩසටහනකට‍ එක්‌වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ ය. එහිදී තවදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ අමාත්‍යවරයා; මීට වසර එකහමාරකට […]

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Over 13,000 arrested during operation ‘Yukthiya’

Sunday, December 24th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police together with the Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested over 13,000 suspects over drugs related crimes since the launch of ‘Operation Yukthiya’ on 17 December up to now, the police said. Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated that accordingly, a total of 13,666 individuals were arrested for drugs […]

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‘යුක්තිය’ මෙහෙයුමෙන් අල්ලන්නේ හාල්මැස්සන් විතරයි කියන එකේ ඇත්තක් තිබෙනවා..- පොලිස්පති

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පොලිසිය විසින් කුඩු අල්ලනවා යැයි සිදු කරමින් අල්ලන්නේ හාල්මැස්සන් යයි පැතිරෙන කතාවේ සත්‍යයක් ඇති බව වැඩ බලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ඉතාමත් සුළු ප්‍රමාණයක් අතේ තබාගෙන සිටියත් පොලිසියට ඔවුන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට සිදුවන බව ද ඔහු පැවසීය. අත්අඩංගුවේ සිටින සියලුම දෙනා හාල්මැස්සන් නොවන බවත් තෝරු මෝරුන්ද නොවුනද අතරමැද […]

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Assets worth Rs. 134 million seized in ’Yukthiya’ operation

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 22 (Daily Mirror) –  The ‘Yukthiya’ operation, aimed at dismantling the narcotics distribution network, has resulted in the seizure of additional assets worth millions of rupees.  The Illegal Assets and Properties Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police impounded ill-gotten gains valued at Rs. 134 million, belonging to drug […]

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’Yukthiya’ in full swing

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Operation ‘Yukthiya’, an island-wide crackdown on organized crime and major drug trafficking rings, is ongoing in various parts of the country. Authorities have been successful in apprehending suspects, and there have been significant seizures of properties associated with these illicit activities.

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“අවි ඉස්සුවොත් STF එකෙන් බලාගනී” – පොලිසියට ඕන බස් වැලිවිට සුද්දාගෙන් 

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

Hiru News

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කොළඹ කැලඹුව මෙහෙයුම…”ඇත්ත කියපං… මෙච්චර සල්ලි මොකද ?” සැකසහිත 30 දෙනෙක් කොටුවෙති

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

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1,676 more drug suspects nabbed during operation ‘Yukthiya’

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana In continuation of the special island-wide operation ‘Yukthiya’ (Justice) to crack down on narcotics, Sri Lankan security forces have arrested scores of more suspects in a 24-hour mission ending at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday (Dec.23). The Ministry of Public Security said a total of 1,676 suspects were arrested during this period. Financial asset investigations […]

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Island-wide operation ’Yukthiya’ nets over 10,000 suspects

Friday, December 22nd, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 22 (Daily Mirror) – A total of 10,456 suspects have been arrested as of today in the island-wide special operation ‘Yukthiya,’ launched last Sunday to curb drug-related and underworld activities. The Public Security Ministry said that 517 of these suspects are under further investigation with detention orders in place. […]

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Pastor Jerome accused of abusing country’s criminal justice system

Tuesday, December 19th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Pastor Jerome Fernando, who currently remains in remand custody over his controversial remarks on several religions, has been abusing the criminal justice system in the country by filing various cases, President’s Counsel Sanjeeva Jayawardena alleged while speaking in court while appearing on behalf of a group of religious leaders. The President’s Counsel stated […]

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Multiple vehicles belonging to drug dealers impounded

Tuesday, December 19th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Nine vehicles worth Rs. 68 million owned by drug dealers have been taken into custody by the Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Police during a 24-hour operation. Speaking to the media, Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon vowed that all assets belonging to criminals, which they have acquired using ill-gotten money, […]

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Lawyers who oppose acting IGP linked to drug traffickers’ cases: Tiran Alles

Monday, December 18th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 18 (Daily Mirror) – Public Security Minister Tiran Alles alleged that certain lawyers who opposed the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Acting Inspector General of Police are now appearing on behalf of cases filed by the court against notorious drug traffickers. The Minister disclosed that these lawyers are […]

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Acting IGP instructs to remove activities harmful to children near schools

Monday, December 18th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has instructed to take necessary measures to inspect and remove all activities that could be harmful to children within 500 metres of schools, before the start of the new school term in February 2024. There is a discourse within the society regarding certain things […]

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Former Kurunegala Mayor convicted for destroying & removing ancient ‘King’s Court’

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News The Kurunegala High Court has convicted five individuals, including the former Mayor of Kurunegala, Thushara Sanjeewa Vitharana, for their role in the destruction and removal of the ancient ‘King’s Court’ (Raja Sabha Mandapaya). The court handed down a three-year sentence of rigorous imprisonment to each of the five suspects. The case revolved […]

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SL Police establishes Division to investigate religious hate crimes on Social Media

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, December 13, 2023 In response to the rising concerns over religious hate crimes propagated on social media platforms, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has taken proactive measures by directing the Police Computer Crimes Division to set up a dedicated unit for the investigation of such allegations. The newly […]

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126 inmates who escaped from Kandakadu rehab centre arrested

Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The Media Spokesman of Sri Lanka Army, Major General Ravi Herath states that so far, police have arrested 126 out of around 139 inmates who had escaped from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre last evening (11). Of the arrested inmates, 44 individuals have been detained at the Pulasthipura Police Station, 23 at […]

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25 Indian Fishermen Accused Of “Illegal Poaching” Detained By Sri Lanka

Sunday, December 10th, 2023

India NewsAsian News International According to the Sri Lankan Navy, the fishermen were allegedly involved in ‘illegal poaching’ and were detained after a special operation on Saturday. The 25 fishermen belonged to Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district in Puducherry. Colombo:  25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by […]

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Private driver sentenced to 12 years for reckless driving and causing an accident near Mirihana

Wednesday, December 6th, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo High Court has handed down a sentence of 12 years imprisonment with hard labour to a private bus driver found guilty of causing a fatal accident through reckless and high-speed driving. The tragic incident resulted in the death of three individuals and severe injuries to another. The case, stemming from the […]

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Customs carrying out investigations into SLC

Friday, December 1st, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec.1 (Daily Mirror) – The Customs Department is currently conducting an investigation into the under-invoicing of values of three LED screens imported by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at three international cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe told Parliament today. State Minister Semasinghe said this […]

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Court orders Sachithra Senanayake to assist in investigations into match-fixing allegations

Friday, December 1st, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday (01 Dec.) ordered for former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake to assist in the ongoing investigations concerning his match-fixing allegations. Accordingly, Senanayake was ordered to assist the Government Analyst, when requested by the police to do so. The order was issued when a complaint filed by […]

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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 22 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district, seizes 2 boats

Saturday, November 18th, 2023

Courtesy The Hindu The Sri Lankan Navy personnel had detained the fishermen under charges of poaching into their waters. The Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department said that the country boat fishermen were arrested for allegedly fishing at Parithithurai, which falls under Sri Lankan waters. In yet another fresh incident, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 22 […]

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Sports Minister files motion seeking lifting of stay on SLC’s interim committee

Monday, November 13th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe has filed a motion requesting the lifting of the stay order issued by the Court of Appeals preventing the operation of the seven-member Interim Committee appointed by him for the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the relevant gazette notification issued by him in this regard. The motion including […]

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New legislation to ensure standards of MPs: President

Sunday, October 22nd, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A new legislation will be introduced soon to ensure the proper standards of MPs, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced today. Many are questioning the standard of Parliament following the two incidents that took place during this week. Therefore, I would like to state that former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is drafting legislation to […]

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Passenger Files Rs 10 Cr Lawsuit Against Vistara for ‘Pain, Humiliation, Endangerment’ Faced by Mother, Sister

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

Courtesy News18 A passenger filed a Rs 10 crore lawsuit against Vistara for the pain, humiliation and endangerment” faced by his ailing mother and sister. The man, identified as Mudhit Gupta, alleged that he had requested wheelchairs for his ailing mother and sister, but the airline did not provide this assistance and later, in a […]

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Laws needed to prevent misuse of social media – MP

Monday, October 16th, 2023

Courtesy Daily News United National Party Chairman, former Minister, and Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardena emphasized that the present Government is dedicated to elevating Sri Lanka’s global standing by ensuring the public’s access to accurate information, drawing inspiration from the significance of the Media Development Authority Act of Singapore  in their developmental journey. The Member […]

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A formal investigation into the shooting at Sita elephant with rubber bullets

Sunday, October 1st, 2023

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre As elephants from different parts of the country participate in the annual Mahiyangana Perahera, the chief prelate of the Mahiyangana temple has made a request to the Wildlife Department to establish a wildlife team in the temple to drive out wild elephants as there is frequent roaming of these […]

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