Crime News
Crime LNP - Public can directly WhatsApp IGP to report crimes from today
Sri Lanka Police has introduced a new WhatsApp number for the general public to directly inform the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) pertaining…
Crime LNP - Five Chinese cybercrime suspects detained at BIA and deported
Five Chinese nationals suspected of attempting to enter Sri Lanka to engage in cybercrime activities have been arrested today (13) by officers of the…
Crime LNP - Former Deputy Director of Prison Hospital Dr. Hemantha Ranasinghe arrested
Former Deputy Director of the Prison Hospital, Dr. Hemantha Ranasinghe, has been arrested on bribery charges. This is in connection with an incident that took…
Crime LNP - 120 foreigners obtain temporary driving licenses at BIA service counter
A total of 120 foreign nationals have been issued temporary driving licenses through the newly established service counter at the Bandaranaike International…
Crime LNP - Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa arrested
Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). Former State…
Crime LNP - Keerthibandarapura Traffic OIC arrested for soliciting bribe
The Officer-in-Charge of the Keerthibandarapura Traffic Division has been taken into custody by officials of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of…
Crime LNP - 703 individuals arrested during special island-wide police raids
A total of 703 individuals have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in criminal activities and also over illicit liquor and drug-related offenses…
Crime LNP - ’’I will die, but not alone, if my pension is touched’’ - Ex. JVP MP Nandana Gunathilake warns
"I will die, but not alone, I was a guerrilla," former JVP Parliamentarian and candidate for the 1999 Presidential election Nandana Gunathilake has warned in a…
Crime LNP - DMT launches new service counter at BIA for foreign tourists
A new branch office of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has been launched today (03) at the arrivals terminal of Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA)…
Crime LNP - Rohitha Abeygunawardhana’s daughter granted bail
The daughter of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Rohitha Abeygunawardhana has been granted bail by the Mathugama Magistrate’s Court. The…
Crime LNP - Ex-LTTE member arrested with T-56 firearm in Peliyagoda
A 30-year-old individual has been arrested in Peliyagoda by the Kiribathgoda Police last evening (21), based on a tip-off. During the arrest, police recovered…
Crime LNP - Travel ban issued on MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena’s daughter and son-in-law
A travel ban has been imposed on the daughter and the son-in-law of New Democratic Front (NDF) Member of Parliament Rohitha Abeygunawardena, based on a request…
Crime LNP - Businessman, Excise officer arrested in pre-dawn nightclub showdown with revolver shooting
A businessman and an Excise officer involved in a pre-dawn showdown outside a nightclub in Thalawathugoda while firing rounds from a revolver were arrested…
Crime LNP - Shah Rukh Khan injured on ‘King’ sets? Advised one-month rest: Reports
Actor Shah Rukh Khan recently suffered a back injury while filming an action sequence for his upcoming film, ‘King’. Sources told India Today that the injury…
Crime LNP - Temporary driving licenses for tourists to be issued at BIA
The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has announced that a new system for issuing temporary driving licenses to tourists arriving in Sri Lanka will be launched…
Crime LNP - SL woman trying to smuggle in Rs.4.9 Mn worth cigarettes nabbed at BIA
A Sri Lankan woman trying to smuggle in foreign cigarettes worth Rs.4.9 million concealed in her baggage was arrested by the Police at the Bandaranaike…
Crime LNP - Imported milk powder prices increased
The price of a 400g pack of imported milk powder has been increased by Rs. 100, according to the Milk Powder Importers’ Association. Meanwhile, the price of a…
Crime LNP - Student held under PTA for nine months to be produced in court
The case of a 21-year-old student detained for nearly nine months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be taken up in court today (July 9). Mohamed…
Crime LNP - Suspect arrested with smuggled cigarettes at BIA
An individual has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for smuggling a total of 3,200 sticks of foreign-made cigarettes…
Crime LNP - Bypass patient compelled to bring drugs worth over Rs. 100,000 from outside
Patients seeking life-saving procedures such as bypass surgeries at the Colombo National Hospital are compelled to bring surgical and pharmaceutical items from…
Crime LNP - Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena arrested
Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) a short while ago. The…
Crime NLP - Ex-DMT Commissioner General Nishantha Weerasingha arrested
Former Commissioner General Nishantha Weerasingha and two other former officials of the Department of Motor Traffic have been arrested by the Commission to…
Crime LNP - Fuel prices increased
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced a revision of fuel prices, effective from midnight today (30). Accordingly, the price of Petrol 92 Octane…
Crime LNP - “Podi Zaharan’’ arrested for filming Dawoodi Bohra Convention in Colombo
A 27-year-old Mohamed Shafrool, alias “Podi Zaharan, was arrested by police for allegedly filming the Dawoodi Bohra community’s spiritual convention currently…