Security tightened at oil storage complex
By Shanika Udawatte
Steps have been taken to intensify the security of the Kolonnawa oil storage complex after police intelligence received a tip-off that the complex had been video-taped recently.

A conference had been held regarding the issue last week with the attendance of senior Police and Army officers, security management officials of the Kolonnawa oil storage complex and the OIC of the Wellampitiya police station.

A senior police officer said an intensified security plan would be brought into action.
Speculations over security threats to the complex rose early this month after a para (an illumination device used by troops to indicate locations), fell near a storage tank. It was suspected that the para had been launched from a venue about 1.5 km away from the complex.

Security officials at the Kolonnawa complex had requested the relevant authorities to take action to set up a security post on top of the high-rise Sahasrapura building as the entire complex can be viewed from the top of the building.

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