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Someone is flying a drone over the elephants despite the ban - who do we even tell

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Amit Cohen•119 rep•1

Quadcopter, lights on, hovering over the tusker line on Dalada. Half the crowd is pointing. I thought drones were a no over Perahera. Do we tell an officer or is that an official Media Bureau one and we look like idiots. Not ours. Mini 4 energy.

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Tell the nearest officer, calmly, without becoming the story. The Media Bureau manages drone permits for accredited coverage. A random Mini 4 over a packed religious procession is not that. CAASL rules also restrict operations over people. 2025 they published a full route prohibition; I have not seen a fresh 2026 gazette tonight, but "permit-only, not over the crowd" is the live reality.

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Hashini Weerasinghe•1540 rep•1

081 22 33 333 or the uniform in front of you. Do not try to knock it out of the air. Do not shine a laser at it - lasers at elephants are an arrestable offence as of yesterday's DIG briefing.

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Deniz Yildirim•289 rep•2

We saw one Wednesday, an officer was already on the radio. You are not the first.

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