Twenty-one foreign nationals were arrested at a three-storey building near Technical Junction in Maradana, Colombo, on suspicion of conducting online financial fraud and other illegal activities from Sri Lanka.
The arrests were made during a joint raid by officers from the Police Central Crime Investigation Bureau, the Criminal Investigation Department and the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
Those arrested included 12 Chinese nationals, six Bangladeshi nationals and three Indian nationals.
Police have launched a wider investigation into the nature of the suspected online scams operated from the building and the network behind them.
A team including Senior Superintendent of Police Kamal Ariyawansa is conducting further investigations under the direction of Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Ranmal Kodithuwakku, on the instructions of Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya.
