Special operations to nab underworld gangs

8 August 2015 08:57 am

Police said today special search operations have been launched throughout the country to arrest underworld gangs and notorious criminals connected to serious crimes.

Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said Police Chief N.K. Ilangakoon had instructed the SSPs attached to all the provinces to collect information about such culprits and launch operations to arrest them.

SSP Gunasekara said several police teams comprising of STF, CID and officers of the Colombo Crime Division have been dispatched in various parts of the country to arrest the criminals.

STF teams were deployed on mobile services in areas where more election violence have been reported, he said.