Former Colombo mayor’s son arrested at airport despite travel ban
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- Immigration officials arrested 47-year-old Mohamed Nisham Jamaldeen at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport as he prepared to travel to London.
- Authorities acted under a travel ban linked to an investigation by Colombo’s Financial and Fraud Crimes Investigation Division and transferred him for further questioning.
Mohamed Nisham Jamaldeen, the 47-year-old son of former governor and Colombo mayor Mohamed Muzammil, was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport while preparing to leave for London.
Immigration officials detained him during the afternoon under a travel ban imposed in connection with an investigation by Colombo’s Financial and Fraud Crimes Investigation Division.
Officials handed Jamaldeen over to airport police. At about 4:30 p.m., authorities took him to Colombo’s Central Crime Investigation Bureau for further investigative work.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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