A total of 21 Agunukolapelassa prison inmates were apprehended during February for possessing and attempting to smuggle banned items into the prison.
The inmates were apprehended by Special Task Force (STF) personnel and prison officials and have been sent to the prison's disciplinary committee for further action.
Eleven inmates out of the total 21 are currently serving imprisonment terms ranging from three to six months while court cases pertaining to the other suspects are still ongoing.
Mobile phones, SIM cards, cash, tobacco and cigarettes were some of the items that were confiscated from the prisoners.
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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