Unruly behaviour: Police warn big-match revellers

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Big match revelry in Kandy Town came to an end with the police today taking into custody several people including some 50 students who were found driving their vehicles and sports go-carts in a reckless manner causing severe obstructions to the normal flow of traffic.

Sources said the big match between the two leading Kandy Schools -- St Anthony’s and the Trinity was an excuse for students and well-wishers to run riot in the Kandy Town. Some of the students and the well-wishers, several without driving licences, had driven the cars and vans in a manner that posed a danger to other road users.

The police said most of these taken into custody, except for four of them, were severely warned and released. Those further will be charged in court for reckless driving.

Seven luxury vehicles taken into custody were also released on police bail.

Kandy SSP Gamini Ellepola directed the special operation to arrest the unruly students and take their vehicles into custody. (J.A.L. Jayasinghe)

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