Sri Lanka: Over 700 Army Deserters Arrested In One Day

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The Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police (SLCMP) together with the Police carried out a combined island wide raid on Friday to arrest Army personnel who are Absent Without Leave (AWOL) or had deserted their posts from respective formations around the country.

According to Military Spokesman, Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne, the one day island-wide operation has brought in 777 deserters including one officer and 776 other rank personnel to custody.

Authorities are continuing with their operations to arrest tri forces deserters and the special operation carried on Friday was intended to arrest Army deserters, he further stated.

As of August 19 authorities have arrested nine tri-forces officers and 5,641 other rank personnel during raids conducted since the end of the General Amnesty on midnight December 31, 2016.

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