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Police arrest the first trespasser during invasion to the Presidential secretariat on July 9

COLOMBO: The Police have arrested the first person trespasser to the premises of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo during the protests on July 09.

Police said that the suspect, a 38-year-old male from Pannipitiya, was arrested by a special police investigation unit on Tuesday,Aug.2. 

The premises, which had been blocked by protesters for more than 100 days, was overrun and stormed by protesters on July 9 demanding the resignation of then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. 

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