Author name: Tharindu Withanage

Police Sergeant 12190 Officer K. D. Mayadunna and Police Constable 89528 Officer G. D. Wanigasekera, who participated in the 2025 Mr. Universe Championship held in Thailand on 23rd and 24th August 2025, have been able to secure a number of top places including first places. First place in the 40-49 age category, first place in the Master Overall competition, first place in the 70kg – 80kg category competition, third place in the Bodybuilding Overall competition are the places secured by Officer Mayadunna. First place in the physique category over 40 years, up to and including 173cm, second place in the Fit Modal category, and the third place in the open category, up to and including 173cm are the places secured by Police Sergeant 89528 Officer G. D. Wanigasekera. P.S. 12190 Officer K. D. Mayadunna clinching the Pro Card, which is awarded to the best contestant in the Master category, is one of the most notable moments of the event.  More than 150 contestants representing many countries have participated in this championship organized by the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation.

A letter that falsely claims to be an official document issued by the Inspector General of Police and other senior officers with their names and forged signatures is circulating on social media. The Computer Crime Division has launched an investigation to trace those responsible for creating and sharing the document on social media.

The person suspected to be the gunman in the incident in which a former Pradeshiya Sabha member was shot dead in the Gehenuwala area of Meegoda on 12.08.2025, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on 20.08.2025 in the Nagarawewa area within the Hambantota Police Area. Subsequently, investigating officers, guided by the suspect, recovered a locally manufactured 9 mm firearm, four 9 mm rounds of ammunition, two locally manufactured 12-bore firearms, and 06 grams of the Ice narcotic, which were hidden in the Hanwella area, and investigations have further revealed that the suspect had also attempted to carry out two other shootings in the Avissawella and Kollupitiya areas. The 34-year-old suspect, who is a resident of Barawakumbuka, is a former Army soldier.  The Criminal Investigation Department is continuing further investigations into this crime. * The motorcyclist involved in the crime, in which two individuals, who were waiting at the playground near Sirisara Uyana in Borella, were killed by shooting with an automatic firearm by two persons arriving on a motorcycle, was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division on 19.08.2025 in a lodging house in Kadawatha. Three other individuals sustained serious injuries in this shooting.   The arrested motorcyclist is a 25-year-old resident of Borella, and he was found in possession of 7,850 milligrams of heroin at the time of his arrest.  Four other suspects who had aided and abetted this crime were previously arrested during investigations carried out by the Colombo Crime Division, and a wealth of information has been uncovered regarding this shooting that was orchestrated by individuals residing overseas.  Further investigations are being carried out. *In addition, the suspect who killed an individual by assaulting him with a blunt weapon in the Wedamulla area of Peliyagoda was arrested by officers of the Peliyagoda Police Station in the early hours of 20.08.2025. The suspect is a 24-year-old resident of Wedamulla, Kelaniya.  Further investigations into him are being conducted by the Peliyagoda Police Station.

On the morning of 19.08.2025, officers from the Ganemulla Police Station have apprehended a repeater firearm, 08 rounds of ammunition, 09 T-56 magazines, 05 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, and 22 grams and 900 milligrams of Ice Narcotic while investigating a house in the Kossinna area of Prakandeniya; they have also arrested 06 suspects who were staying at that house. It has been revealed that the suspects, aged 20, 22, 23, and 28, are residents of the Rajagiriya, Borella, Malabe, Obeysekarapura, Katulandawatta, and Moratugasmulla areas. Based on the information revealed during the interrogation, four more suspects have been arrested in the Dalupotha area of the Negombo Police area, and the police officers found a foreign-made pistol, 06 ammunition, a uniform resembling an army uniform, 183 T-56 ammunition, 280 9 mm ammunition, 300 narcotic tablets, a handcuff, 03 passports belonging to some others, 02 scales used to weigh narcotics, 01 sealer, and 3 grams and 128 milligrams of Ice narcotic, in their possession. The four suspects, aged between 20 and 30, are residents of the Dalupatha, Katana, Kadirana, and Divulapitiya areas. 06 mobile phones, which were in their possession, have been taken into the custody of the police for investigations. Investigations have been initiated by detaining and interrogating suspects to apprehend others who have aided and abetted them.