Six convicted prisoners escaped from the Dalupotha Open Prison in Negombo in the early hours on Saturday. The prisoners had escaped after breaking open their ward. Prison Spokesman H.M.T.U. Upuldeniya told the Sunday Times that the Prisons Department had alerted police to arrest the escapees. All the escaped prisoners are youths who had been serving [...]

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Six convicted prisoners escaped from the Dalupotha Open Prison in Negombo in the early hours on Saturday.
The prisoners had escaped after breaking open their ward.
Prison Spokesman H.M.T.U. Upuldeniya told the Sunday Times that the Prisons Department had alerted police to arrest the escapees.
All the escaped prisoners are youths who had been serving sentences for drug offences and theft.

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