Active member of banned JMI group arrested

22 Aug, 2019

An active member of the banned Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI) has been arrested, the Police said.

The Ampara Police arrested the JMI member who had allegedly received weapons training.

According to the Police, Mohamed Rafaideen Mohamed Ali, a resident of Welanboda in Gampola, had received weapons training in Nuwara Eliya.

A number of suspects linked to the JMI have been arrested over the past few weeks.

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