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Sri Lanka has arrested 1,093 foreign nationals in cybercrime operations during 2026, nearly double the 573 arrests from 2024. Police say digital fraud networks increasingly use rental properties as bases to target victims across Asia.
Former Sri Lankan defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando and ex-police chief Pujith Jayasundara have been sentenced to death for security failures linked to the 2019 Easter bombings. They will appeal to the Supreme Court within two weeks.
A Sri Lankan court has sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for his failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 279 lives, overturning an earlier acquittal in a case highlighting accountability for national security failures.
Malaysian police have established connections between a 23-year-old arrested in Sri Lanka for cocaine smuggling and an organized international drug trafficking syndicate, marking a significant development in regional drug enforcement efforts.
A Colombo court has remanded an Indian co-owner of a Lanka Premier League team in custody over allegations he attempted to bribe five cricketers to fix matches, marking a significant integrity crisis in Sri Lankan domestic cricket.
Sri Lanka's former spy chief Suresh Sallay, a retired major general and counterterrorism expert, has been arrested and accused of orchestrating the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. The allegations represent a dramatic shift in the official narrative.