Eleven men were arrested while digging for buried treasure in Nawagattegama area, Puttalam district, police said.
The treasure hunters, aged between 19 and 58, were arrested in two different locations with one location being a garden of a house. Most of them were residents of the same area.
Police said the pooja items and mining equipment were also taken into police custody.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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