Police arrested 77 persons including 17 young girls who took party in a party organized across Facebook following allegations that drugs were
distributed among the participants at the event in Maharagama.
Police claimed that also no permission had been sought to use sound systems for the event held at Araliya public grounds in Maharagama.
Those arrested were from Colombo, Akurana, Wattala, Pannipitiya, Kaduwela, Batttaramulla, Meegoda, and Homagama.
They are due to be produced in courts.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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