Tourist bathing in the nude arrested at Hikkaduwa Beach

A foreign tourist sea bathing in the nude off the Hikkaduwa beach was arrested based on a complaint made to the police. He was produced before Galle Magistrate Kesara Samaradivakara and released on a personal bail of Rs.100,000.

The Portuguese tourist who arrived to the country on August 31, 2015 was staying at a hotel in Hikkaduwa.

When he was questioned he told the police that he had forgotten to bring his clothes to the bathing spot.