Sri Lanka troops kill police officer in botched drug raid – World

COLOMBO: A police officer was killed and another critically wounded Sunday when troops opened fire on an undercover unit during a drug raid at a hotel in Sri Lanka, local police said.

The unit was part of a major anti-narcotics drive codenamed “Yuktiya,” or justice, which police said had resulted in over 17,000 arrests in the past three weeks.

The undercover officers were at a beach hotel…