A woman who worked as the manageress in a brothel in Dehiwala had been found to be HIV positive, according to Police.
The brothel was raided by police using a decoy. Seven women engaged in prostitution were taken into police custody. Acting Mount Lavinia Magistrate Lochana Abeywickrama had ordered the police to produce the suspect woman for a medical test and it was found that the woman who worked as the manageress was HIV positive.