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Forty-one arrested at Facebook party in Teldeniya

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Police arrested 41 people at a hotel party near the Victoria Reservoir in Teldeniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Authorities said they seized ice, hashish, cannabis, 20 drug tablets, illegal cigarettes, 28 beer bottles and 12 bottles of assorted liquor.
  • Police said five women were among those arrested and that attendees had come from different parts of Sri Lanka through Facebook.

Police arrested 41 people during a Facebook-organized party at a hotel near the Victoria Reservoir in Teldeniya, Sri Lanka, authorities said.

The police said the raid uncovered ice, hashish, cannabis, 20 drug tablets, a stock of illegal cigarettes, 28 beer bottles and 12 bottles of various alcoholic drinks. Five women were among those arrested, according to the authorities.

Police said the operation followed confidential information received by Teldeniya police station chief Chief Inspector D. M. Chandrapala. Investigators found that the attendees had travelled from different parts of Sri Lanka after joining the party through Facebook.

The raid was conducted by Teldeniya police under the supervision of Central Province Senior Deputy Inspector General Lalith Pathinayake, Deputy Inspector General Sudath Masinghe and Teldeniya Senior Superintendent of Police Harsha Lokuge.

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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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