More than 100 taken in on `Stranger`s Night`

More than 100 suspicious people were taken into custody following a massive cordon and search operation code-named `Strangers Night` in Wellawatta, Narahenpita, Kirulapone and Bambalapitiya police areas, police said yesterday.

Colombo DIG Pujitha Jayasundara said the surprise house-to-house operation was carried out jointly by the police, Army, Navy and the Air Force to track down illegal activities and suspected terrorist members in the area.

He said during the operation which started at 11 pm on Saturday and ended at 5 am yesterday, 107 people were taken in on suspicion while five of them had been detained.

'We used Tamil speaking officers to explain the people about the search and also used women police officers to check women', he said adding that the people had cooperated well.