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Underworld gang leader 'Midigama Ruwan' brought down from Dubai by TID

Sri Lanka, June 1 -- A 31-year-old person named Ruwan Chamara, also known as Midigama Ruwan, who is a leader of an organized crime gang and a smuggler connected to the international drug network, was ... Read More


Filipino woman carrying cocaine arrested at BIA

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- A Filipino woman who arrived in Sri Lanka from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with a stash of cocaine worth Rs.20 million was arrested yesterday (22) afternoon at the Katunayake Airport ar... Read More


Two businessmen held with phones worth Rs. 50 Mn at BIA

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Two businessmen who had illegally brought into Sri Lanka a stock of state-of-the-art mobile phones and pen drives worth around fifty million rupees and were taking them out of the... Read More


Man attempting to smuggle in cigarettes worth Rs. 2.1 Mn nabbed at BIA

Sri Lanka, May 16 -- A man who had attempted to smuggle into Sri Lanka a stock of foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 2.1 million, at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), was arrested by officers of... Read More


Fifteen SL fishermen deported from Myanmar, granted bail in SL

Sri Lanka, May 13 -- Fifteen Sri Lankan fishermen detained in Myanmar prisons and later released and repatriated to Sri Lanka, arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Saturday morni... Read More


Two held for attempting to smuggle in cigarettes worth Rs. 1.5 Mn

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- In two separate incidents, two persons attempting to smuggle into Sri Lanka foreign cigarettes worth around Rs. 1.5 million, were arrested at the Arrival terminal of the Bandarana... Read More


Businessman with travel ban arrested while trying to leave on forged passport

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Emigration officers at Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) arrested a person against whom a travel ban has been imposed by the Minuwangoda Magistrate Court, whil... Read More


Man who facilitated child smuggling to Malaysia arrested

Sri Lanka, April 27 -- A group of officers from the Risk Assessment Unit of the Investigation Department of Immigration and Emigration, arrested the main facilitator in Sri Lanka who was involved in t... Read More


Over 100 truck drivers stranded in Lithuania

Sri Lanka, April 27 -- 106 Sri Lankans who went to work as heavy vehicle drivers in Lithuania have been stranded in Europe due to lack of employment, food and accommodation facilities. Two Sri Lankan... Read More


Woman attempts to smuggle in cocaine in abdomen

Sri Lanka, April 16 -- A 38-year-old woman from Madagascar who had swallowed capsules containing cocaine worth around Rs. 35 million and tried to enter Sri Lanka, was arrested by the Customs Narcotics... Read More