Colombo (News1st): Over 10,000 tri force deserters have been arrested over the last 10 months.

Military Spokesman Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said that 28 of them are ranking officers. 8805 of the arrested are army deserters.

Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said that the arrested personnel were later released after they were legally discharged from the tri forces.

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