Colombo (News 1st): Five people were arrested in a search operation carried out in Pindeniya and Kotiyakumbura in Kegalle.

Police said following a search operation 12 mobile phones, 02 walkie talkies, 02 axes, 08 knives, a machete, 11 petrol bombs, 16 passports were seized among other equipment.

The search was carried out by the Sri Lanka Army, Police and Special Task Force.

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