Sri Lanka, Aug. 11 -- A Portuguese national university student was taken into custody by police in Kandy for flying a drone without permission to capture aerial footage during the final Randoli Perahera procession.

The drone had been launched from a guesthouse located on Dharmaraja Mawatha. Special duty Sri Lanka Air Force officers deployed for Perahera security detected the drone in flight and forced it to land.

The Portuguese student was then handed over to the Kandy Police for further questioning. Investigations later revealed that the foreign student had flown the drone without knowing the legal requirements. Police also confirmed that the staff at the guesthouse had not informed him about the restrictions. Following a formal warnin...