SriLanka, Nov. 15 -- The Police have denied media reports claiming that organised crime figure and alleged drug trafficker Patabendi Maddumage Shehan Sathsara, alias 'Dehi Bale Malli', has been arrested overseas, describing the reports as false and misleading.

Acting Director of the Police Media Division and Police Media Spokesman ASP F. U. Wootler told the Sunday Observer that no such arrest had been confirmed and that misleading information was being circulated.

However, the Police have yet to issue a detailed official clarification on Sathsara's whereabouts or the circumstances surrounding the reports of his arrest. Several media outlets reported in October that Sathsara and another alleged organised crime figure, Avishka Madhushan A...