Search Operation underway for two prisoners of the Kuruwita Prison

COLOMBO (News 1st): A search operation is underway for two prisoners who escaped from custody yesterday near the Thulhiriya Magistrate's Court.

Police have launched an investigation and deployed canine units to track down the escapees.

According to police, the two prisoners, residents from Horana, were originally incarcerated at Kuruwita Prison for theft charges, and had fled while being brought to Thulhiriya Magistrate's Court.