Information About Incident 56758-112050-283330 in Matara Sri Lanka

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Three persons, including a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) candidate for the upcoming Provincial Council elections in the Eastern Province, were arrested on July 24 by the CID in connection with a mega human smuggling racket where more than SLR 25 million had been swindled from unsuspecting people who sought asylum in other countries, reports Daily News.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Eastern Province
• Matched District: Matara
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: by the CID in connection with a mega human smuggling racket where more than SLR 25 million had been swindled from unsuspecting people who sought asylum in other countries
• Subject: Three persons , including a Tamil National Alliance ( TNA ) candidate for the upcoming Provincial Council elections in the Eastern Province ,

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Three persons, including a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) candidate for the upcoming Provincial Council elections in the Eastern Province, were arrested on July 24 by the CID in connection with a mega human smuggling racket where more than SLR 25 million had been swindled from unsuspecting people who sought asylum in other countries, reports Daily News. Police Media Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said the main suspect in the human smuggling racket was a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and a candidate for the local council elections in the East scheduled for September. He said those who are arrested in connection with human smuggling are not granted bail and will be produced in court under the Immigration and Emigration Act No 45.

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