Prison escapee Sunil Shantha has been arrested by the Organized Crimes Police Division (OCPD) and the Special Task Force (STF), stated the Police Media Spokesperson.
Sunil Shantha, imprisoned for drug smuggling, escaped from the Welikada Prison on 22nd November.
However, the officers of the OCPD and the STF managed to capture him recently, in Meemure.
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