Sri Lanka, June 21 -- Sri Lanka Police have taken into custody 21 underage children who were found begging and selling goods on the streets under unsafe conditions.

The operation was carried out as a joint initiative by the Bureau for the Prevention of Abuse of Children and Women, the Police Children and Women Bureau Headquarters, and the National Child Protection Authority.

The objective of the operation was to identify and rescue minors engaged in street begging and unregulated street vending, and to place them under appropriate protective custody.

This special operation was conducted across multiple police divisions, including Colombo North, Colombo South, Colombo Central, Nugegoda, Gampaha, Panadura, Kelaniya, Negombo, Mount Lavini...