Police Media Spokesperson Ajith Rohana said that, 24 persons were arrested for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing during the last 24-hours.The DIG stated that 2462 suspects have been arrested since October 30 for not wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing in public areas.
The Disaster Management Center has warned that the water level of the Yan Oya is currently rising to ‘Minor Flood Level’ at Horowpathana Area due to the prevailing heavy rainfall.Accordingly, the people living in low-level areas of these rivers have been advised to move to safer locations due to the threat of floods.
Random Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) will be conducted again on people leaving the Western Province (WP) from today onwards, said the Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana. Such random tests were conducted at 11 locations in the Western Province from December 18 to January 05.
During a raid conducted in Kosgoda, the Special Task Force of Police had recovered 20kgs of heroin yesterday.Heroin has been found while hidden in a jungle area, said the Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana.Search operations are underway to apprehend the suspects linked to the heroin consignment.
The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 588 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Gampaha district (158 cases).