COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force arrested two men in connecting to robbing a filling station in Nawala.

The arrests were made following a tip-off.

Sri Lanka Police said one of the suspects was identified as the son of ‘Sotthi Upali”, a notorious criminal in Sri Lanka who died several years ago.

The suspects are aged 27 & 29 years and are residents from Colombo 8.

Five men in a three-wheeler had visited the filling station on the night of 18th March, intimidated the workers, and stolen cash from the premises.

• The State and Public service trade unions collective plans to go on sick leave tomorrow.
• A person who illegally imported a consignment of foreign cigarettes into the island arrested at BIA.
• A fire has broken out at the Methsiri Sewana building in the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital
• State Minister of Defence says security at the Mihintale sacred site was not removed
• IPG Mediabrands Expand Asia-Pacific Footprint