Four arrested for photographing Agbo with drone

14 December 2023 02:48 pm Views - 1796

BY KUSHAN JAYAWARDENE

A group of four young men who attempted to illegally take closeup photos of tusker Agbo with a drone camera were arrested and the drone camera was seized by the Thirappane police on Wednesday evening.

Tusker Agbo which had received gunshot injuries on one of its limbs has been released after providing treatment under the care of the Wildlife Department surgeons and it is now frequenting the Thirappane area.  

The suspects are from Kumbukwewa in Maho, Meethotumulla, Kurundankulama in Anuradhapura and Buthpitiya South in Gampaha.

Police rushed to the scene on information received from the public and through the Sri Lanka Air Force intelligence unit that they had noticed a suspicious drone in the Thirappane skies.

Investigations revealed that the drone camera used by the suspects belonged to an individual in the Maho area. However, the suspects had not obtained permission from the relevant authorities to photograph in that area using a drone camera.

A senior police official said the Sri Lanka Air Force has initiated an investigation regarding the drone camera of a foreign make.