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England fans held after brawl at NZ team hotel

Sri Lankan police arrested two England fans who were involved in a brawl after heckling New Zealand’s defeated cricketers in their hotel at the World Twenty20 tournament, officials said Tuesday. The two fans were taken into custody on Monday night after the bust-up at the luxury Earl’s Regency Hotel in the central hill resort of Kandy where the New Zealand players were also staying, a local police official said. “The team was in the hotel lobby when some British fans heckled them and it was tu

02 Oct, 2012

UK national arrested with over 100 stolen WC tickets

A British national was arrested today with over 100 stolen tickets for the Twenty 20 World Cup match involving England, the police said. Police spokesman SSP Ajith Roahan said that the 54 year old man from Manchester had stolen the tickets from the ICC ticket office at Stanley Tilakaratna Mawath in Colombo. The police spokesman told the Colombo Gazette that the British man had stolen 103 tickets for tomorrow?s match between England and Sri Lanka. ?He had 4 ticket books and separately another

30 Sep, 2012

UK girls arrested in West Indies team room

The police arrested three British girls early this morning for entering the rooms of the West Indies cricket team at a leading hotel in Colombo. According to the police media unit, the three girls were arrested by officers of the Ministerial Security Division who are providing security for the team. Meanwhile sources at the Colpetty police told the Colombo Gazette that the girls had been having drinks with some of the West Indies team members. The girls, said to be university students, had th

03 Oct, 2012