Sri Lanka troops kill police officer in botched drug raid ...Middle East

COLOMBO: A police officer was killed and another critically wounded Sunday when troops opened fire on an undercover unit during a drug raid at a hotel in Sri Lanka, local police said.The unit was part of a major anti-narcotics drive codenamed “Yuktiya,“ or justice, which police said had resulted in over 17,000 arrests in the past three weeks.The undercover officers were at a beach hotel in Weligama, a popular surf spot on the island nation's southern coast, a police officer told AFP by phone, speaking on condition of anonymity.Army troops deployed to reinforce local police in the anti-drugs campaign rushed to the area to investigate an unrelated shooting and opened fire at a van speeding awa

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