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Friday, June 22, 2018

Police Have Arrested 11 Female Sex Workers And Two Managers Attached to Two Brothel Houses Maintained On Pretext Of Ayurveda Massage Centers

Two Police Teams attached to Welikada and Mount Lavinia Police stations have arrested two Managers and 12 female sex workers attached to two Brothel Houses maintained on the pretext of Ayurveda Massage Centers at Rajagiriya and Katukurunduwatte in Ratmalane areas during raids carried out yesterday (21) .

During the raid carried out under a search warrant obtained from a court at a Brothel House in Rajagiriya ,the manageress of the house along with three female sex workers have been arrested .The arrested female sex workers are of the ages 23,30,35 and 43 years and residents of Pitigala,Balangoda and Hatton areas.

During the other raid carried out in a Brothel House maintained on the pretext of a Ayurveda Massage Center the manager and nine female sex workers were arrested .The suspected females are of the ages 22,23,24 ,28,32,34 and 38 years and residents of Siyambalanduwa,Maravila ,Padukka and Anuradhapura areas.

The suspects are due to be produced before the court.

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A Police Officer Was Killed And Four Others Injured Due To A Gun Shooting In A Jewelry Shop

A Police Officer was killed and four others including two Police Officers and Two civilians have been injured and hospitalized due to a gun shooting erupted when Gang arrived in to rob a Jewelry Shop in Matara This morning (22).

Altogether five persons have been injured and hospitalized due to the Gun shooting occurred between the Police and the Gang and a Critically injured Police Officer had succumbed to his injuries after admission to Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for treatment .

A group of ten members have arrived in from Motorcycles by covering their faces with white face masks this morning to rob the Jewelry shop it has been revealed.They all were equipped with firearms.The gang had shown the firearms and threatened the Jewelry shop workers before stealing the shop and fled away .The gun shooting was erupted between the Police and the Gang members afterwards.

Four others including one member of the Gang who came to rob the Jewelry shop were admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for treatment after being injured during the shooting and the three Gang Members involved in the incident including a Underworld criminal Kosgoda Tharaka who was insured and hospitalized later arrested by the Police over the incident.One of the injured civilians is a brother of the Kosgoda Tharaka it has been revealed.

Police have later arrested the Main suspect in Matara City.

Another Gang member who had involved in the incident and injured during shooting was taken away by the other Gang members who have fled away from the scene after the incident.

Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero Who Was Remanded For One Year Has Been Released On Bail

The imprisoned General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organization Ven.Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero who had remanded over making threats to the Sandya Eknaligoda the wife of missing Cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda at Homagama Magistrate Court Premises two years ago ,for a one year period to be ended in six months has been released on bail this evening (22) by the Homagama Magistrate Court.

Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero was released on two surety bails of Rs.500,000 each by the Homagama Magistrate Udesh Ranathunga after taking in to consideration the Bail application submitted to the court by his lawyers it has been reported.

The Imprisoned Galagodaatte Thero had been transported to Homagama Court from the Welikada Prison by a Prison Bus and produced before the court.

Although he was released on bail he is banned for going abroad by the Homagama Magistrate as the case against him still proceeding in the court.