Colombo's new security eyes catch many offenders on New Year 's Eve

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Colombo's new security eyes catch many offenders on New Year 's Eve
Newly installed Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras helped detect many number of traffic offences and wanted persons in the Colombo city on New Year's eve, said Senior Deputy Inspector General Gamini Nawaratna.
The relevant records of offences captured by the CCTV cameras have been sent to the City Traffic Police to initiate legal actions against those offenders in courts, he said. According to the Senior DIG, the minimum fine usually imposed would be Rs.1000 and Magistrate is permitted to enhance the fine.
The DIG further said that the majority had violated the traffic light regulations while there were others who had crossed the traffic lines and parked in no parking zones.
He further emphasized that the wanted persons had also been identified via the images of CCTV cameras installed in vantage points in the city.
Therefore, public is warned to be extra cautious about traffic regulations since they are being monitored around the clock by those invisible spy eyes in the city.