Over 1,100 mobile phones recovered during raids at prisons

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More than 1,100 mobiles phones and over 100 grams of heroin had been seized during the raids carried out at 28 prisons during the last four weeks, the Prisons Department said.

Accordingly, the search operations were carried out at island-wide prisons including at the Colombo Remand Prison, Magazine Prison, Welikada, Boossa, Negombo, Galle and Dumbara prisons.

A total of 1,102 mobile phones, 688 SIM cards, 1,310 mobile phone batteries and 77 hand-free sets were recovered.

A total of 277 mobile phones and 132 SIM cards were recovered from inside the Negombo Prison while 203 mobile phones recovered from the Colombo Remand Prison and 199 mobile phones were recovered from Welikada prison.

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Sokrates Sunday, 05 July 2020 02:39 PM

There are special discounted prison tariffs?

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Sambo Sunday, 05 July 2020 06:50 PM

Check there will be more with the most prominent ones.

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dickie bird Sunday, 05 July 2020 07:23 PM

Now go after the people whom these guys have been contacting.

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Buddhists Sunday, 05 July 2020 09:12 PM

Was the phone taken away from Duminda Silva?

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ComCenter Sunday, 05 July 2020 10:44 PM

Slave jail guards with mobile phones will provide personalised services.

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cyril john Sunday, 05 July 2020 10:57 PM

Please make a special prison for all the officers who are involved in this prisons and everything they own taken away from them . Good job GR and the officers who are taking this operation to the end. god bless Sri Lanka

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