One victim in Nattanadiya had fled her home and parents in fear of her safely after she had been targeted by 'sexual predators' the newspaper quoted a friend as saying
"Some of the pictures are of honeymoon couples, while many others are of girls shot by teenage boyfriends," Lakbimanews said.
Some women have been subject to blackmail through such material, the newspaper said.
Several Sri Lankan newspaper editors last week refused to publish the pictures, despite a court order to do so, saying they were not sure of the origins of the material.
Ironically, the court order was obtained by the police 'Children and Women's Bureau.'
Police have already caught one woman and who can face up to six months jail or a fine of 10,000 rupees, or both, if convicted, the report said.
Pornography falls in to a category of so-called 'victimless crimes' which many free countries have progressively de-criminalized. Last week Sri Lanka legalized gambling, another such activity, as part of efforts to develop the tourist industry.Such laws have originally been based on an 'offence' principle though a victim who had been 'harmed' cannot be clearly identified.
In another recent incident police also arrested couples staying in 13 hotels in a provincial town.
Lakbimanews earlier report quoted a lecturer of Sri Lanka's Colombo University, Prathiba Mahanma as saying that an arrested couple had once sought justice at Supreme Court.
Courts had had ruled that the marital status was not a consideration in their right to stay at a hotel, while adultery applied in divorce cases, only sex with people below 16 years of age was statutory rape, which is a crime, he said.
"Apprehending couples who are beyond the age limit required to stay in such rooms is a slight on the judiciary itself," Mahanama was quoted as saying.
"The reason for this is, the judiciary has clearly granted the approval and the right to any couple who are not underage, from (sic) staying in such rooms."
