Author name: Tharindu Withanage

A 54-year-old individual in possession of 102 grams and 260 milligrams of narcotic ‘ice’  was arrested by officers of the Colombo Central Divisional Crime Detective Bureau on the evening of 21.07.2025, while waiting in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Colombo 02. The arrest was made during a raid carried out based on a piece of information revealed, and the vehicle, which was used to transport narcotics, and two mobile phones of the suspect were handed over to the Kompannavidiya Police Station for further investigation. Further investigations are being carried out to apprehend individuals who are aiding and abetting the drug smuggling linked to the suspect

A man, who was walking on the bank of the Vienna Canal at the 17th Mile Post of Mahiyangana Police Area has slipped and fallen into the canal in the evening of 20 -07 – 2025. While he was struggling for the survival, P.C. 86726 K. G. Sumedha Bandara, attached to the Mahiyangana Police College, who was happened to pass by, immediately rushed to the canal and managed to save the victim on the face of huge body of water flowing into the canal. It has been reported that wife of the Police officer has extended a great support to rescue the person. Immediate steps have been taken to save the man who was fallen into the cannel. Further rescue measures have been taken by the residents in the area together with officers attached to Mahiyangana Police Station in search of the 26-year-old female, who was drowned and disappeared. It has been reported that she is the fiancée of the person who was saved. She is a student of Rajarata University and a resident of Hambantota area.

On the afternoon of 20.07.2025, officers from the Rasnayakapura Police Station, acting on a piece of information revealed, conducted a raid at the Akkara 50 estate within the Rasnayakepura Police Area and arrested an individual who was found in possession of a 12-bore firearm manufactured in a foreign country. The 63-year-old suspect is a resident of the Nakkawatta area. On the night of 19.07.2025, officers from the Kosgoda Police Station, conducting an investigation on a group of individuals armed with a pistol and a sharp weapon who had caused damage to property in a residence within the Kosgoda Police Area, arrested five individuals, and on information provided by the main suspect, a pistol with a magazine was recovered and taken into police custody. Two suspects who were found in possession of locally manufactured firearms without valid licences were arrested by officers from the Keppetipola Police Station and Buttala Police Stations in Hingurugalaara and Balumgala areas, respectively. Both suspects, who are 36 and 62 years old, are residents in the same area.

A 22-year-old individual residing at Palansuriya Gama was killed and another 27-year-old individual residing at Yainna was injured in a shooting incident that took place in the Kahawatta Police Area on the night of 30.06.2025. The jeep used to kidnap the two youths and the four suspects who aided and abetted the crime were arrested from 4 locations in the Homagama Police Area on 15.07.2025 with the assistance of the Western Province North Crime Division, Police Special Task Force, and the Meegoda Police Station. At the time of the arrest, one suspect was in possession of 96 grams of the narcotic ice and 197 grams of heroin, while another suspect was in possession of a handcuff and 12 grams of narcotic ice, which were taken into police custody. It has been further revealed that this crime was committed under the direction of a criminal who is currently living abroad. The investigation officers are pursuing the other suspects involved in the crime through interrogation and based on the clues.

Based on a piece of information revealed by a woman who was arrested for the possession of 20 grams of narcotic ‘ice’, the Colombo North Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau searched a house in the Newham Square of Colombo 13 on the evening of 13.07.2025, and found 745 grams of narcotic ‘ice’, a revolver manufactured in a foreign country, and 05 bullets of the said weapon and arrested a 39-year-old man staying in the house. The woman was a 31-year-old resident of Colombo 12 area, and was also arrested on the evening of the same day at Ibbawatta Junction of the Modara Police Area. Further investigation into the suspect revealed that he is a leading accomplice of a person involved in organized crimes and drug trafficking. The Modara Police Station is conducting further investigations.