Vietnamese migrant deaths in UK lorry spark 26 arrests
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Twenty-six people have been arrested in Belgium and France in an operation prompted by the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in...
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Curfew violation arrests rises to 62,677
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The total number of arrests on charges of violation of curfew regulations has reached 62,677. Police stated the arrests were made...
Smuggling arrests over transport of ‘10,000 Kurds’ to UK
(UTV|Amsterdam) – Police in France and the Netherlands have arrested 23 people suspected of helping to smuggle about 10,000 Kurdish migrants into the UK. The...
Nigerian Navy arrests 7 Lankans for oil bunkering
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Nigerian Navy has arrested 7 Sri Lankans among other suspects for oil theft also known as oil bunkering. The group has been...
HRCSL issues guidelines for Police during arrests
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has introduced a set of guidelines for the Police to be followed when arresting suspects. Speaking to...
Saudi Arabia arrests Zahran’s brother-in-law and colleague – report
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Saudi Arabia is learnt to have arrested Maulana Rila, brother-in-law of the Islamic State inspired Shangri-La hotel bomber Zahran Hashim, and a colleague of...
Sudan crisis: Military council arrests former government members
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sudan’s transitional military council has arrested members of the former government and promised not to disperse protesters. A spokesman also urged the opposition to...
Lawyers for Democracy hail high profile arrests
UTV | COLOMBO – The Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) issuing a statement on the arrest of the President’s Chief of Staff I.H.K Mahanama and State...
Police arrests the prime suspect of Deraniyagala murders
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Police arrest the 19-year-old youth, the prime suspect of the Deraniyagala double murder, this morning. He was arrested while hiding in the...
Navy arrests 5 Indian fishermen
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Five Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy for allegedly poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. The men were...