41 illegal asylum seekers nabbed

6 August 2012 03:55 am Views - 2799

At least 41 persons were taken into police custody while waiting to flee to Australia illegally in Wennappuwa in the early hours today, police said.

The asylum seekers, who were residents of Batticaloa, Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Trincomalee, are to be produce before the Wennapuwa magistrate court today. (Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe, Jude Samantha)