Sri Lankan Police

Sri Lankan police arrested three persons on suspicion of plotting an attack against Israeli tourists in the eastern coast surfing resort of Arugam Bay following a tip-off from Indian intelligence, authorities said on Thursday.

A Sri Lankan national, who had given the slip to the Kerala police while he was being taken to a local court in Kerala's Thrissur as an accused in a drug case last month, has been detained by the Navy in that country, police said on Monday.

Sri Lankan police have arrested at least 200 foreigners, the majority of them Indians, for allegedly engaging in online financial scams, a media report said on Saturday.

A 'wanted' handler of four Sri Lankan ISIS terrorists, who were taken into custody in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, was arrested by Lankan Police Intelligence on Friday.

Four Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Nepal for taking hostage four Sri Lankan citizens on the pretext of sending them to different European countries for jobs, a senior police officer said on Friday.

A 19-year-old student was arrested after four young children and two adults were found dead at a suburban home near Canada's capital city Ottawa, police said Thursday.

Mumbai Police arrested a Sri Lankan native and a German citizen after they allegedly exchanged their boarding passes at the airport in Mumbai to travel to London and Kathmandu respectively, an official said today.

The Sri Lankan government's printer Gangani Liyanage on Thursday made written requests to both the Treasury Secretary and police chief to hold the much-delayed local council elections now scheduled for April 25.

A young man, who fled Sri Lanka in a boat to India, jumped into the sea while nearing Tamil Nadu coast and swam till he reached the shore near Rameswaram, police said on Monday.

The Sri Lankan contingent at the Commonwealth Games has asked its athletes and officials to submit their passports after three members of the touring party disappeared from their respective villages

Sri Lankan police have produced before a court millions of rupees in cash found by anti-government protesters inside former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence after he fled the mansion following mass uprising against his government.

Sri Lankan police have arrested three people while they were trying to sell 40 gold-plated brass sockets stolen from President's house in Colombo.

More than 1,000 valuable artefacts, including items of vintage and antique value have reportedly gone missing from Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace and Prime Minister's official residence, Sri Lanka police said.

Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the country's capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said.

As the Sri Lankan economic crisis persists, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested for stealing about 50 tear gas canisters from police during protests at Polduwa Junction near Parliament, media reports said.

Sri Lankan police arrested three persons on suspicion of plotting an attack against Israeli tourists in the eastern coast surfing resort of Arugam Bay following a tip-off from Indian intelligence, authorities said on Thursday.

A Sri Lankan national, who had given the slip to the Kerala police while he was being taken to a local court in Kerala's Thrissur as an accused in a drug case last month, has been detained by the Navy in that country, police said on Monday.

Sri Lankan police have arrested at least 200 foreigners, the majority of them Indians, for allegedly engaging in online financial scams, a media report said on Saturday.

A 'wanted' handler of four Sri Lankan ISIS terrorists, who were taken into custody in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, was arrested by Lankan Police Intelligence on Friday.

Four Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Nepal for taking hostage four Sri Lankan citizens on the pretext of sending them to different European countries for jobs, a senior police officer said on Friday.

A 19-year-old student was arrested after four young children and two adults were found dead at a suburban home near Canada's capital city Ottawa, police said Thursday.

Mumbai Police arrested a Sri Lankan native and a German citizen after they allegedly exchanged their boarding passes at the airport in Mumbai to travel to London and Kathmandu respectively, an official said today.

The Sri Lankan government's printer Gangani Liyanage on Thursday made written requests to both the Treasury Secretary and police chief to hold the much-delayed local council elections now scheduled for April 25.

A young man, who fled Sri Lanka in a boat to India, jumped into the sea while nearing Tamil Nadu coast and swam till he reached the shore near Rameswaram, police said on Monday.

The Sri Lankan contingent at the Commonwealth Games has asked its athletes and officials to submit their passports after three members of the touring party disappeared from their respective villages

Sri Lankan police have produced before a court millions of rupees in cash found by anti-government protesters inside former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence after he fled the mansion following mass uprising against his government.

Sri Lankan police have arrested three people while they were trying to sell 40 gold-plated brass sockets stolen from President's house in Colombo.

More than 1,000 valuable artefacts, including items of vintage and antique value have reportedly gone missing from Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace and Prime Minister's official residence, Sri Lanka police said.

Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the country's capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said.

As the Sri Lankan economic crisis persists, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested for stealing about 50 tear gas canisters from police during protests at Polduwa Junction near Parliament, media reports said.