Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
arrived in Trincomalee last Tuesday, and had made a hotel booking via the internet. The hotel she had been staying in had reported her missing to the police on Wednesday. Tamar had
In response, a joint search operation involving the police, army, and the Eastern Province Tourism Authority, directed by the Governor’s office in the Eastern Province was launched.
A villager who had provided a tip-off that a foreign woman matching Tamar's description was spotted in a dazed condition near a jungle and a rock, approximately three kilometres from the hotel, aided in locating Tamar.
She was admitted to the Uppuveli hospital and was in a stable condition.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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