Twenty -two people who were attempting to illegally migrate to Australia by boat, were arrsted by Sri Lankan police.
The suspects were arrested on a tip off on Sunday in Puttalam, police told local media on Monday. The suspects are to be produced before court.
Sri Lankans, Iranians and Afghans are the largest national groups among more than 2,000 asylum seekers living on the Pacific islands nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, AP reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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