Author name: Tharindu Withanage

Villagers of the Yahalatenna area, Peradeniya, have captured six people who had come to the area for hunting animals in the dawn of 09.03.2025 and handed them over to the Peradeniya Police Station.  According to the information provided by the villagers, officers of the Peradeniya Police Station, who were on night patrol, went to the relevant place and took the six suspects into their custody, and while searching, they found 03 No. of 12 bore cartridges, 03 blank cartridges, an axe, a hand axe, 02 dragon lights, and a knife in their possession.  It was also witnessed that they had brought a carcass of a wild boar with them, and through questioning, a 12 bore firearm that was kept in a forest area by the side of the road in the Yahalatenna area was found at the same time.  Since these suspects are residents of the Mawathagama area who are aged between 28 and 71 years, steps have been taken to inform the Mawathagama Police Station. Accordingly, officers of the Mawathagama Police Station searched a house in the Kotikapala area of Mawathagama, where one of the above suspects resides, and found items including 04 No. of 12 bore firearms, ammunition of tem, a revolver, 03 hand axes, a set of clothes similar to military uniforms, a wig, 02 pairs of handcuffs, and an air pistol in the said house.  The Peradeniya and Mawathagama Police Stations carry out further investigations regarding these suspects.

The Illegal Assets Investigation Division has taken actions to forfeit the property belonging to two suspects who were arrested in the Ekala, Ja-Ela on 11.03.2025 for the offences of smuggling illegal liquor and heroin. Such measures have been taken under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Consequently, freezing injunction has been obtained on a motor van and a motor car worth Rs. 23,500,000/-(Twenty Three Million and Five Hundred Thousand), a three-wheeler worth Rs. 1,200,000/-(One Million and Two Hundred Thousand) and a plot of land containing in the extent of 38 perches worth of Rs. 1,900,000 /- (One Million and Nine Hundred Thousand). The two suspects are at the age of 39 and 63, and are residents of Ekala, Ja-Ela. Further investigations on the suspects are conducted by the Illegal Assets Investigation Division.

You may have seen attractive advertisements such as “Attractive interest on deposits” circulating on social media from time to time under the names of various individuals and institutions. Despite the constant reminders made by the Police and other government institutions to the Public pointing out the insecurity of such financial transactions with any party which has not been registered under the regulation of the Central Bank, another group of people who lost approximately 4.5 Million Rupees through such deposits, had filed complaints recently to Police Stations island wide. Having identified a woman involved in the fraud, facts have been reported to the Court by Police Station, Hatton. Accordingly, Magistrate’s Court Hatton issued a warrant to arrest of the suspect in connection with the incident. Based on the facts revealed during the investigation, the Police Officers took measures to arrest her near the Railway Station Hatton on 09.03.2025. The suspect is a 31-year-old women, residing at Kandegedara, Badulla.  

 Officers of Kaduwela Police Station have arrested an individual who has stolen a lorry in Wattala Police Area in the dawn of 01.03.2025, and drove the lorry without comply with orders to stop. The officers had to open fire a few times to stop the vehicle. The suspect, who is a 25-year-old, is a resident of Kelaniya area. Kaduwela Police Station has initiated an extensive investigation on the suspect who is being detained and interrogated. Facts have been revealed he has involved in many other crimes. As per the facts have been uncovered during the investigation, the suspect has stolen a car and 03 motorcycles from Kaduwela Police Area, a three-wheeler from Balumandal Police Area and 02 three-wheelers from Peliyagoda Police Area. Investigating Officers have found those three number of three-wheelers and take them into Police custody. Kaduwela Police Station is conducting further investigations on the suspect.