Over 400 suspects arrested during special island-wide police operation
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Newswire and Ada Derana report that 208 police officers were arrested in connection with various offences. Newswire says these included drug-related crimes, a detail also indicated in the Sinhala-language headline from Ada Derana (සිංහල).
Newswire and Ada Derana report that nearly 1,500 police officers were suspended. The reports provide no further details about the offences, the officers or the suspensions.
Separately, Ada Derana reports that more than 400 suspects were arrested during a special police operation conducted island-wide. Ada Derana’s report does not specify when the operation took place, the offences involved or whether it was connected to the cases concerning police officers.
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Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · වසර 2ක් තුළ මත්ද්රව්ය සැකකරුවන් 574,000ක් අත්අඩංගුවට
- Ada Derana · Over 300,000 suspects arrested under ‘Nation United’ operation in one year
- Lankadeepa · කුඩ්ඩන් ලක්ෂ හයකට නඩු
- Newswire · One year of ‘Ratama Ekata’: Over 310,000 arrested in anti-drug operation
- Newswire · 208 Police officers arrested over various offences, nearly 1,500 suspended