Undercover cops to combat criminal activities in prisons: IGP

• Says 15 special police teams to be deployed as undercover officers 

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya   

In light of ongoing criminal activities within prison facilities, police have initiated decisive measures to deploy undercover officers to monitor and thwart illicit operations within the prisons.    

Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon said that organized criminals are being remanded in 15 prisons across the country and 15 special police teams have been deployed as undercover officers in those prisons to identify the activities by remanded criminals.   
“Despite being remanded, the organized criminals still operate their underworld activities and drug trafficking via prisons. The police under the ‘Yukthiya’ operation had taken special measures to curb those organized crimes by inmates,” the IGP said.