Woman arrested with suspected map
Posted by Editor on May 13, 2019 - 12:58 pm
A woman allegedly involved in extremist activities was arrested by the STF at Madatugama in Kekirawa yesterday.
The STF said at least 49 empty shells of T56 assault riffle bullets , an artillery shell, several tail parts of RPG and Mortar shells and a map suspected to be of a school or a hotel were recovered from the suspect’s possession.
The woman was arrested following a tip off received by a STF team of the Dambulla camp.
She was handed over to the Kekirawa Police for further investigation.
(Source: Daily Mirror)
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