20 special police teams deployed to crack down identified underworld gangs

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Colombo, March 19 (Daily Mirror) - Following a concerning increase in organized criminal activities in the Western and Southern Provinces, a special operation under the 'Yukthiya' initiative was launched today.

Accordingly, 20 special police teams have been deployed to eliminate identified underworld gangs.

Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon, STF Commandant Senior DIG Warun Jayasundara and several other senior police officers attended the official team send-off held at the Bambalapitiya Police Field Force Headquarters.

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Establish teams to Arrest Corrupt Officials Also Tuesday, 19 March 2024 11:53 AM

Establish a few teams also to arrest corrupt officials both present and past. This may net ill gotten monies and eventually returned back to the state after proper court proceedings.

Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 19 March 2024 05:23 PM

But the leader brother has been saying that he was holding files with him which has all evidences .So what happened to those files?

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