COLOMBO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lanka Police together with the Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police arrested 1,300 military deserters in nationwide raids conducted by the forces, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
Military spokesman Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne, quoted by the Defence Ministry media said the deserters had been arrested since Dec 31.
Accordingly, 984 army, 236 navy and 14 air force personnel who were 'Absent Without Official Leave' (AWOL) were arrested to date.
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