Author name: Tharindu Withanage

On the morning of 01.04.2025, officers of the Wattala Police Station had received information that a woman had hanged herself in a lodge in Hendala, Wattala. Having arrived and inspected the scene, they had found a woman unconscious in a room. Upon examination of the woman, who regained consciousness shortly after, they found 06 grams and 100 milligrams of the narcotic ice in her possession. She was interrogated, and it was revealed that she had a close contact with a drug trafficker living abroad. During further interrogation, information was revealed about a T-56 firearm that the trafficker had given her about a year ago. The team of officers inspected a house in Heenkenda, Ragama, where her husband resides, and found a T-56 firearm, 04 magazines used for the said weapon, and 113 bullets hidden in the kitchen. Her 40-year-old husband has also been arrested. The arrested suspect is a 35-year-old resident of Colombo 15. Further investigations are being conducted by the Wattala Police Station regarding the female suspect and the male suspect.  

A suspect in connection with two similar incidents of creating and posting AI-generated fake nude pictures of two women was arrested on 29.03.2025 by the Auradhapura Sub Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department. The suspect was a 20-year-old resident in the Saliyapura, Anuradhapura area. He has been remanded until 10.04.2025 after being produced before the Magistrate’s Court, Anuradhapura.   

Officers of the Western Province North Crime Division arrested a suspect with 40500 liters (200 barrels) of Goda used to brew illicit liquor and 843 liters of illicit liquor from Ja-Ela Othkele marshes on the morning of 29.03.2025. In another raid conducted in the Hallakkada marshes, two suspects were arrested with 5481 liters (29 barrels) of Goda, 225 liters of illicit liquor, 03 copper coils and 02 gas stoves. The suspects are 30, 32, and 50 year old residents of Ekala and Dolosbage areas.  

Officers of the Nikaweratiya Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau conducted a raid in the Katagamuwa Road area of Nikaweratiya on the evening of 30.03.2025 and arrested a suspect who was in possession of 65 grams of ice drug (Crystal meth) and 35 grams of heroin along with 02 mobile phones and Rs. 114000/= suspected to have been earned from drug trafficking. The suspect, aged 39, a resident of Nikaweratiya, Elawaka area, has been handed over to the Nikaweratiya Police Station for further investigations. Similarly, officers of the Anuradhapura Police Station conducted a raid in the Shravasthipura area of Anuradhapura on the evening of 30.03.2025 and arrested a suspect who was in possession of 55 grams of ice drug. The suspect is a 33-year-old resident of Meegahatenna area. The Anuradhapura Police Station is conducting further investigations regarding the suspect.  

As per a piece of information disclosed regarding illicit liquor production in a house located in the Udawatta area of Malambe, the officers of Police Station Malambe raided and inspected the said house in the evening of 30.03.2025. 112 litres and 500 litres of illicit liquor, along with 1400 litres of Goda, used for the production of illicit liquor, were found stored there, and three people were arrested. By preliminary investigations it was revealed that this house was rented on a monthly basis for about Rs. 40,000 and was used as a distillery.  The three suspects are 53, 34 and 45 years old and are residents of the Rajagiriya area.

An incident was reported regarding a group of people that assaulted and obstructed the duty of two officers of the Nilaveli Police Station who were taking action with regard to a traffic offence on the road in front of the Sithivinayagar Kovil, Nilaveli on the afternoon of 31.03.2025. The Nilaveli Police Station has so far arrested 07 suspects in connection with the investigation carried out to arrest suspects, and among those, there were a woman and the person who video recorded the incident. The three-wheeler they arrived in and the motorcycle with which the traffic violation was committed have also been taken into custody by the Nilaveli Police Station. Having produced the arrested suspects before the court on 02.04.2025, i. e. today, further investigation is underway by the Nilaveli Police Station to arrest the other suspects involved in the incident.  The Sri Lanka Police intends to take drastic action in accordance with existing legal provisions against individuals who behave in an unlawful manner while obstructing the duties of police officers.