Immigration arrests 155 overstaying Indians in biggest detection in history
- CNL Reporter
- July 30, 2025
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The Department of Immigration and Emigration today arrested 155 overstaying Indian nationals from a Colombo office and made them pay fines and visa fees amounting to a staggering Rs.33.6 million, making it the largest and highest valued detection in Sri Lankan history.
The DIE’s Investigation Division on information raided a building in Colombo yesterday afternoon, which had been utilised by a local company to run a back office of an international IT company that is involved in online marketing and betting activities.
A senior investigating officer SAID that 155 Indian nationals, all males aged between 25 – 45 years had been placed under custody as all of them had defied their visa conditions. All the foreigners had arrived in the country with a resident visa and had been overstaying from one month to one year engaging in the work they had been hired for by the local company
