National identity cards and company identity cards amounting to 1050 were recovered from Beminiyanwala in Ambalantota last evening while the ground was being dug during an irrigation reserve project with a backhoe, police said.
They said the Identity cards were found packed in a polythene bag and buried in the irrigation reserve land.
Many of the IDs are those of residents in the areas of Mamadala, Beminiyanwala, Hanganwagura, Jansagama, and Walawewatte areas. They were handed over to the Ambalantothota Police and will be produced in the Hambanthota magistrates court today.
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A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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