{
  "id": 8340937,
  "title": "Immigration official arrested over alleged illegal passport for criminal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/immigration-official-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-passport-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T23:45:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/immigration-official-arrested-over-alleged-illegal-passport-for-criminal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Norman Palihawadane An Assistant Controller of the Department of Immigration and Emigration has been arrested by the CID for allegedly assisting in the preparation of an illegal passport for an organised criminal. The suspect was arrested on Thursday (17) by officers of the CID’s Special Investigations Unit at the Department of Immigration and Emigration. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}