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Three Arrested While Trying to Sell Elephant Ivory for 90 Million Rupees

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

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

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Police arrested three men in Anuradhapura over an alleged attempt to sell 10 pieces of elephant ivory for 90 million Sri Lankan rupees.
  • The suspects, aged 26 to 33 and from Tangalle, Ampara and Agunukolapelessa, were detained with the ivory and a car.
  • Police said the operation followed information from the State Intelligence Service and used an undercover agent.

Three men were arrested in Anuradhapura while allegedly trying to sell 10 pieces of elephant ivory for 90 million Sri Lankan rupees.

Anuradhapura headquarters police said they detained the suspects in the city’s sacred area along with the ivory and a car. The men, aged between 26 and 33, are residents of Tangalle, Ampara and Agunukolapelessa.

Police carried out the operation after receiving information from the Anuradhapura unit of Sri Lanka’s State Intelligence Service. According to the police account, officers used an undercover agent to bring the suspects to the Anuradhapura sacred area, where they were arrested with the alleged ivory and vehicle.

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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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