Courtesy The Island Minister Sabry addresses Colombo-based diplomats. He is flanked by Minister Tiran Alles and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has explained the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation to members of the Colombo-based diplomatic community. The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission has jumped to question the government operation. The Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror)- The Sri lanka Navy seized three Indian trawlers with 12 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse in Karainagar, Jaffna. The Navy said they conduct regular patrols and operations on Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices by foreign fishing trawlers, […]

 By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 15 (Daily Mirror)- The Government as a whole and the police should handle the Yukthiya operation diligently to avoid international intervention which may lead to its end, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake said today. The operation, which is a good, should be handled with care […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 1,468 out of 42,248 wanted suspects, in the list shared with all police stations as wanted in connection with various crimes, have been arrested during the last 24 hours under the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, the Ministry of Public Security said. Furthermore, the ministry mentioned that this includes 254 suspects out of […]

 By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 13 (Daily Mirror) –  Acting IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon has handed over a comprehensive list of 42,248 suspects involved in crimes across the entire island to the Officers-in-charge of crimes of all the police stations, the Public Security Ministry said. They said this list comprises 35,505 individuals […]

Courtesy NDTV They were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly being involved in illegal poaching in the Lankan waters. At least 220 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 Chennai:  As many as 21 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka to Chennai on Friday, the Indian High Commission in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Approximately 245kg of heroin and crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) were recovered from the multi-day fishing trawler intercepted off the southern coast of the island, Sri Lanka Navy says. A multi-day fishing trawler carrying a massive cache of drugs was intercepted on Thursday night (Jan.05) in a coordinated operation mounted by the Navy and the […]

Courtesy Hiru News In an extensive islandwide special operation conducted over the last 24 hours, law enforcement agencies arrested 1038 individuals. The operation, led by the Ministry of Public Security, aimed to curb criminal activities and maintain public safety. Among the results of the operation were drug seizures, including 417 grams of Heroin, 205 grams […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 02 (Daily Mirror) – With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be subjected to a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50,000, the Department of Inland Revenue cautioned. With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number […]

Courtesy Hiru News  ගෙවුණු පැය 24 තුළ යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුමේදී තවත් සැකකරුවන් 822 දෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. ඉන් 60 දෙනෙකු රැදවුම් නියෝග මත ප්‍රශ්න කරන බවයි මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශය සදහන් කළේ. මත්ද්‍රව්‍යවලට ඇබ්බැහි වූ තවත් 72 දෙනෙකු පුනරුත්ථාපන මධ්‍යස්ථාන වෙත යොමුකර තිබෙනවා. මෙම මෙහෙයුමේදී හෙරොයින්, අයිස්, මත්පෙති සහ කේරළ ගංජා පොලිස් භාරයට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. එමෙන්ම බ්ලූමැන්ඩල් […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka Police on Tuesday (02 Jan.) introduced a hotline for the public to provide information in relation to the ongoing massive anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’, which is being carried out across the island. The hotline was introduced under the directive of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, while stickers […]

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 […]

උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]