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  • Chief Magistrate issues warrant for OIC’s arrest
    Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate Janaka Prasanna Samarasinghe issued a warrant for the arrest of the Anuradhapura Anti-narcotics Division Officer-in-Charge, for failing to...
  • ‘Ninja Kalliya’ hits businesswoman’s house
    A four-man group of thieves called the ‘Ninja Kalliya’ had stolen cash and jewellery valued at Rs.303,000 from a house in Pahala Halmillewa in Nochchiyagama, on Monday.The...
  • Possible future rave reported
    It was reported that a rave would be held in Anuradhapura during this month or the next, with the intention of promoting drugs among youth and schoolchildren.Such a party was...
  • The captured hawk. Picture by Anuradhapura Central Special Corr.
    Mother foils hawk’s attempt to snatch child
    A woman in Veluwanagama, Anuradhapura, prevented a hawk from snatching her seven-year-old daughter, by attacking it with an ekel broom on Tuesday.The child, Devmini Amaya,...
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  • The seized haul of drugs. Picture by Anuradhapura Central Special Corr.
    Five suspects nabbed with 124.6g heroin
    Police arrested five suspects with 124.6 grams of heroin and 131 grams of Kerala cannabis during a raid that was conducted recently. It was carried out after acquiring information from a mobile phone...
  • Wasp attack on Year V Exam students
    Nearly 130 people and 84 students sitting for the Year V Scholarship Examination yesterday were hospitalised the previous day (August 4) following a wasp attack during an Asheervada Buddhapooja held...
  • Shops demolished for lack of planning
    A group of people in Anuradhapura have expressed their displeasure at the demolition of 16 shops at a pola, even before they were opened.They said that the shops were constructed at a cost of Rs.20...
  • Death of garage owner: Four suspects arrested
    Four suspects wanted in connection with the alleged murder of a garage and vehicle leasing facility owner at Gansabha Junction in Waniyamukalama, Anuradhapura by hacking him with sharp implements...
  • Nearly 60 held for offences during Poson week in A’ pura, Mihintale
    Nearly 51 suspects, including a woman, in possession of drugs and 10 drunk drivers were nabbed by Anuradhapura and Mihintale Police during operations conducted in Anuradhapura and Mihintale sacred...
  • Youths remanded for gang-raping schoolgirl
    The Anuradhapura Magistrate recently remanded four youths who had gang-raped a 13-year-old schoolgirl who had visited a temple to watch a drama, until July 3.The suspects were arrested following a...
  • Two arrested following brawl
    An army captain and a drunk individual had been arrested by Anuradhapura Police following a brawl that had erupted between the two at the captain's residence.The captain, who is attached to an army...
  • Expatriate worker defrauded of earnings by sister’s paramour
    A man who allegedly defrauded a 37-year old Muslim woman working in Kuwait of the money she had earned overseas, was arrested by officers of the Anuradhapura Police crimes division recently.This...
  • Pohottuwa PS member among five arrested for alleged water pumps robbery
    A five member gang of racketeers, including a SLPP (Pohottuwa) Pradeshiya Sabha member allegedly involved in the robbery and sale of water pumps fixed in agricultural fields were arrested by the...
  • Four nabbed with heroin
    Four suspects, who were engaged in the illicit narcotic drugs business in Peramiyankulama and Sravastipura areas for a long period avoiding a police dragnet, were arrested with more than five grammes...
  • Ruse to nab drug kingpin fail
    Three drug addicts were arrested by the Thirappane Police during a raid conducted in Kelettewa in Thirappane on the night of May 8.During interrogation, the youths had confessed that they obtained...
  • Youth complains of wrongful accusation
    A youth resident in Nochchiyagama has made a complaint to the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission against a former ASP, two CID officers and Ambanpola Police alleging that they have put him into great...