Airport facial recognition leads to arrest of Angoda Lokka’s associate

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BIA, April 29 (Daily Mirror) - An associate of organized criminal Maddumage Lasantha Chandana Perera alias 'Angoda Lokka', was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake.

Police said the 47-year-old Ellawalage Sarath Kumara alias 'Chitee', was arrested while he was attempting to leave for overseas with a forged passport.

The suspect was arrested after being identified by the Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) installed at the airport departure terminal.

During further investigations, it has been revealed that the suspect is a main associate of Angoda Lokka and also wanted by the Mulleriya police for smuggling ICE drugs.

Also, it was revealed that the suspect has been involved in several other crimes such as shooting and killing a person in the Wellampitiya police area in 2011.

The suspect has been handed over to the Mulleriyawa Police for further investigations.

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Comments - 11

Christo255 Monday, 29 April 2024 09:48 AM

Good job. We need more technology such as this in SL

Questionable The Way This Criminal is Transported Monday, 29 April 2024 09:37 PM

They way he’s brought in the open to and fro the police station is questionable. Members of public are walking very close to the criminal both at the front and back of him as shown in the clip. There should be a separate entrance and exit or the police vehicle must drive further in where a white car is parked inside. Members of the public should be removed when dangerous criminals are nearby. These are basic safeguards required in transporting these kinds of criminals around the world. Unless there is another reason or purpose for the current arrangements. Hoping the police will review this and implement improvements soonest.

thanks for the gift Monday, 29 April 2024 11:54 AM

Thanks to the Japanese Government for donating this facial recogition equipmet only recently to help arrest criminals of this nature before they enter or leave the country.

Dinal Perera Monday, 29 April 2024 12:48 PM

lets install one in parliament :)

Sam Silva Monday, 29 April 2024 05:26 PM

Good one!

Will Carry Out Plastic Surgery Monday, 29 April 2024 01:12 PM

Should have not informed how he was caught. Now criminals will do some plastic surgery to hide certain areas of their face to deceive the scanning equipment and authorities.

B P Monday, 29 April 2024 02:58 PM

That is what the authorites wanted.

hfvkhdbf;jg;G Monday, 29 April 2024 01:58 PM

These are basic equipment, which should have been installed 10 years ago, correctly speaking, the BIA should be fully functioned Digitalized, then no one could get away. Come on GOV, its 2024, where are we, when you compare with other small countries, Maldives has more tech than us.

L Perera Monday, 29 April 2024 03:40 PM

Very true

Different Caliber Of Politicians Monday, 29 April 2024 09:24 PM

@ hfvkhdbf;jg;G - Maldives doesn’t have the caliber of UNP, SLPP and SLFP kind of candidates running their countries. That’s why they are up to date as their politicians care for the people and country unlike the ones in SL. They will show concern just before elections as being witnessed these past few days.

Prem Tuesday, 30 April 2024 01:32 AM

Hopefully out of 225 most of them will be identified and arrested if they try to flee the country after the election defeat..

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