At least 33 detainees of the Kandakadu drug rehabilitation remain missing after a breakout following a brawl over a bucket in the bathing area.

The Police have arrested 201 detainees for unruly behaviour. The detainees had been forcefully occupying a building following the incident. Later they had surrendered to the Police.

A manhunt is now underway to locate 33 other detainees who escaped from the facility.

Sri Lankan authorities said on Monday (7) that scores of detainees held at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center had fled the premises following Sunday (6) night's brawl. 547 detainees were at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center at the time. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a full report on the Kandakadu Rehab Center incident.