Drug kingpin Makandure Madush who was arrested in Dubai along with 30 others will be produced before Dubai courts today (Feb 28).
The suspects are currently under police custody at the Al Rafa police station.
Dubai police who had produced the suspects before court on a previous occasion had sought a detention order to carry out further investigations into the arrest.
According to reports court had granted permission to place them under police custody throughout the investigations.
Suspects include singer Amal Perera, his son Nadeemal Perera and actor Ryan Van Rooyen. Organised criminals identified as 'Kanjipanni Imran' and 'Angoda Lokka' have also been arrested.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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