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Police Fire at Cattle Truck During Pursuit in Sri Lanka

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

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

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  • Police in Thihagoda, Sri Lanka, fired five shots while pursuing a truck allegedly carrying seven cows and one buffalo without a transport license.
  • The truck was abandoned after its occupants attempted to flee into a forest, and two people were arrested on suspicion.

Police in Thihagoda fired five shots at a truck that was allegedly transporting seven cows and one buffalo without a license.

Officers said they ordered the suspicious vehicle to stop near Thihagoda, but it continued toward Matara. A team led by Thihagoda police station chief, Chief Inspector Upendra Rajakaruna, pursued it for more than a kilometre.

The truck then turned onto a forest road at Naimbala Burulawa and tried to escape. Police fired the shots to frighten the suspects, after which they abandoned the vehicle and hid in the forest. Two people were arrested on suspicion.

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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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