The Automated Facial Recognize System (AFRS) installed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) helped to detect an wanted underworld criminal, Police said.
The suspect was trying to use a forged passport and leave the country.
He was known to be an associate of ‘Angoda Lokka’, an underworld gang leader and was identified as Ellawalage Sarath Kumara alias chitty (47).
He was wanted for trafficking drugs, for a murder and possession of firearms.
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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