
Eight suspects have been arrested for engaging in illegal excavations in search of buried treasures within the Pahalaoyagama reserve in Rideemaliyadda.
The suspects were arrested in an operations carried out based on information received by Rideemaliyadda Police.
Police also seized the equipment used by the suspects to carry out the excavations.
The suspects are residents of Baduraliya, Kadawatha, Adaulpatha and Rideemaliyadda. They are to be produced at the Mahiyanganaya Magistrate’s Court today (4).



















