Colombo, March 17, 2025 (AFP) - Sri Lanka court refuses to stop fugitive police chief's arrest

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2025-03-17

A Sri Lankan court refused on Monday to quash an arrest warrant for the island nation's fugitive police chief who is wanted over an officer's death in a botched raid. Inspector-General Deshabandu Tennakoon has been in hiding since the arrest warrant was issued in February and police have made a public appeal to help find him. He stands accused of authorising an ill-fated drug bust in 2023, allegedly against internal regulations, that sparked a g......

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