07th March 2021 08:37:42 Hours
Troops of 6 Gajaba Regiment (GR) of the 233 Infantry Brigade under the 23 Infantry Division of the Security Force Headquarters - East, together with Policemen on Thursday (4) afternoon arrested a stock of illegal sand mining equipment at Jayanthiyaya.
To be in line with HE the President’s directions, General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army directed the island-wide troops to actively support apprehension of antisocial elements, drug dealers, smugglers, illegal tree-fellers, environmental damages, criminals, etc with a view to eradicating illegal activities from the country.
At Jayanthiyaya, troops took 2 tractors and several heavy equipment, used for sand mining into custody and handed them over to the Valachchenai Police station for further investigations.
