Priyanta Weerasuriya
Sri Lankapolice officerMale5.8Global Dominance: 0.00%Priyanta Weerasuriya is a senior police officer in Sri Lanka, currently serving as the acting Inspector General of Police. He has recently made headlines for implementing a new protocol requiring police officers returning to service after a suspension or absence to undergo drug testing. This initiative is part of a broader effort to maintain the integrity of the police force and address concerns regarding substance abuse among officers. Under his directive, officers with a history of drug use will not be reinstated, reflecting a commitment to a drug-free environment within the police service.
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Priyanta Weerasuriya is a police officer involved in the discussions about prisoner safety.
බන්ධනාගාර රැඳවියන්ගේ ගැටලු හොයන්න ඒකාබද්ධ යාන්ත්රණයක්Sri Lanka· 2026-08-08
Priyanta Weerasuriya is a police officer involved in the discussions about prisoner safety.
බන්ධනාගාර රැඳවියන්ගේ ගැටලු හොයන්න ඒකාබද්ධ යාන්ත්රණයක්Sri Lanka· 2026-08-07Priyanta Weerasuriya is mentioned in relation to a statement made by Sagara Kariyawasam regarding his service to the government and the people.
සාගර පොලිස්පති ගැන කළ ප්රකාශයේ සංස්කරණය නොකළ දර්ශන ඉල්ලයිSri Lanka· 2026-08-06
Priyanta Weerasuriya is overseeing the police team that is working with Malaysian authorities to apprehend Kanjipani Imran.
කේ.පී.අයි. මැලේසියාවේ තැන මාරු කරලාSri Lanka· 2026-07-30
Priyanta Weerasuriya is the police chief involved in the discussions about the Kavadi dance.
දෙවිනුවර පෙරහරේ කාවඩි ගැන තීරණාත්මක සාකච්ඡාවක්Sri Lanka· 2026-07-27
Priyanta Weerasuriya participated in a meeting regarding the Kavadi dance and its associated issues.
දෙවිනුවර කාවාඩි තහනම ඉවතට - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-07-27Priyanta Weerasuriya participated in a meeting regarding the Kavadi dance and its associated issues.
දෙවිනුවර කාවාඩි තහනම ඉවතට - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-07-27Priyanta Weerasuriya has instructed the Matara District Secretary to remove the Kavadi element from the procession.
දෙවිනුවර පෙරහරෙන් කාවඩි නවති - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-07-26
Priyanta Weerasuriya was involved in the handover of TATA Xenon Yodha vehicles to the police.
ශ්රී ලංකා පොලිසියට TATA Xenon Yodha කැබ් රථ 134ක් භාරදීමට DIMO දායකත්වයSri Lanka· 2026-06-26
Priyanta Weerasuriya is the current police chief who received the refurbished Mahindra Scorpio vehicle from Ideal Motors.
ශ්රී ලංකා පොලිසිය භාවිතයෙන් ඉවත් කළ මහින්ද්ර Scorpio රථ අලුත්වැඩියා කරදීමට අයිඩියල් මෝටර්ස් ඉදිරිපත් වෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-02-20
Priyanta Weerasuriya appointed H.N.K.D. Wijaya Sri as the Deputy Inspector General of Police.
පුත්තලම ඩිඅයිජි පුටුව අලුත් වෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-01-31
Priyanta Weerasuriya appointed H.N.K.D. Wijaya Sri as the Deputy Inspector General of Police.
පුත්තලම ඩිඅයිජි පුටුව අලුත් වෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-01-31Priyanta Weerasuriya is the police chief who discussed the current shortage of police officers.
පොලිස් නිලධාරින් 32,000ක හිඟයක් - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-01-31
Priyanta Weerasuriya has issued a police message as per the decision of the National Police Commission.
පොලිස් ලොක්කෝ හයකට ස්ථාන මාරුSri Lanka· 2026-01-31
Priyanta Weerasuriya has issued a police message effective today.
පොලිස් ලොක්කෝ හයකට ස්ථාන මාරුSri Lanka· 2026-01-30Priyanta Weerasuriya is mentioned as the police chief who issued the orders for the promotions.
සහකාර පොලිස් අධිකාරීවරුන් 11කට උසස් වීම්Sri Lanka· 2025-12-19
Priyanta Weerasuriya is mentioned as the police chief who ordered the transfers of 25 police officials.
පොලිස් ලොක්කෝ 25කට ස්ථාන මාරුSri Lanka· 2025-11-21
Priyanta Weerasuriya is currently on an overseas trip.
පතිනායක ඉවත් කරන්න පොලිස් කොමිසමේ අනුමැතියSri Lanka· 2025-11-15
The current police chief Priyanta Weerasuriya was informed about the incident leading to the arrest of the village officer.
ව්යාජ ලේඛන සැකසුවැයි ග්රාම නිලධාරී අල්ලයිSri Lanka· 2025-11-10
Priyanta Weerasuriya is set to issue a special police message regarding the changes in positions.
ලලිත් පතිනායක පරිපාලන තනතුරින් ඉවතට?Sri Lanka· 2025-11-01
Priyanta Weerasuriya is expected to issue a special police message regarding the changes in positions.
ලලිත් පතිනායක පරිපාලන තනතුරින් ඉවතට?Sri Lanka· 2025-10-31
Police Chief Priyanta Weerasuriya stated that an impartial investigation will be conducted regarding the incident.
නීතිඥයාගේ හැසිරීම අනුමත කරන්න බෑSri Lanka· 2025-10-13
Police Chief Priyanta Weerasuriya was present during the discussion about the drug situation in Sri Lanka.
කුඩු නිෂ්පාදිත රටක් වීම බරපතල තත්වයක්Sri Lanka· 2025-09-28
Priyanta Weerasuriya's signature is required for the implementation of the police transfers.
පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපතිවරුන් 33 කට ස්ථාන මාරුSri Lanka· 2025-09-13
Priyanta Weerasuriya is the police chief who received information about the location of the suspects.
Sunday LankadeepaSri Lanka· 2025-09-07
Priyanta Weerasuriya is the Police Chief who participated in the event.
අපරාධකරුවන් ඇල්ලූ ඉන්දුනිසියානු පොලීසියට උපහාරSri Lanka· 2025-09-01
Priyanta Weerasuriya participated in a ceremony to thank Indonesian police officers involved in a joint operation.
මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමතිගේ ව්යාජ ඡායාරූප හැදූ අයට වැඩ වරදීSri Lanka· 2025-08-31Priyanta Weerasuriya participated in a ceremony to thank Indonesian police officers involved in a joint operation.
මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමතිගේ ව්යාජ ඡායාරූප හැදූ අයට වැඩ වරදීSri Lanka· 2025-08-31Priyanta Weerasuriya is the police chief present at the operation.
කෙහෙල්බද්දර පද්මේ ඇතුළු පිරිස රැගෙන එයිSri Lanka· 2025-08-31
Priyanta Weerasuriya is the police chief present at the operation.
කෙහෙල්බද්දර පද්මේ ඇතුළු පිරිස රැගෙන එයිSri Lanka· 2025-08-30