‘Sudu Manike’ also heads to coordinate Kandy
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- Police found a dagger-like weapon in the possession of an elephant handler during road searches held amid the Kandy Esala Perahera.
- Central Province Deputy Inspector General of Police Sudath Masinghe said officers never told the handler to bring the elephant.
During this year’s Kandy Esala Perahera, police officers conducting road searches found a dagger-like weapon in the possession of an elephant handler.
Central Province Deputy Inspector General of Police Sudath Masinghe said the officers never instructed the handler to bring the elephant.
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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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