Author name: Tharindu Withanage

A male suspect and a female suspect have been arrested on the morning of 26.08.2025 by the Western Province South Crime Division, which is conducting investigations into the unidentified gunman and motorcyclist who shot and attempted to murder a man at a house on Station Road in the Dehiwala Police Area on 18.07.2025. According to the information revealed, they had aided and abetted the crime. The 23-year-old suspect, who is a resident of the Polgasowita area, was arrested in the Boralesgamuwa area. At the time of arrest, he was in possession of 12 grams and 20 milligrams of the narcotic ice. The female suspect, who was arrested in the Delgahawatta, Halpita area, is a 38-year-old resident of the Kesbewa area.  The Western Province South Crime Division is conducting further investigations into the crime.

A suspect who was staying in the Vavuniya Police Division for defrauding about 150 people of about Rs. 150 million by promising them jobs in the Korean state was arrested by officers of the Colombo Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau on the morning of 24.08.2025. The arrest was made in the Tharekulam area of Puwarasankulam, Vavuniya and the suspect has been produced at the Kompanyaveediya Police Station, where the complaint was received.  He is a 41-year-old resident of Colombo 15. A jeep, an attorney’s license related to a land and two mobile phones suspected to have been purchased with the defrauded money have been taken into police custody from the suspect’s possession.  The Colombo Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau is conducting further investigations.

The gunman who carried out a shooting targeting a businessman residing in the Kapugama of the Gandara Police Area on the morning of 03.08.2025 using a T-56 type firearm, together with the motorcyclist who transported him, was taken into custody by the Matara Divisional Crime Bureau on the morning of 24.08.2025 at the Wellampitiya area and at Imbulgoda, Ganemulla respectively. The said businessman sustained minor injuries as a result of the shooting. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the gunman is a 47-year-old resident of the Wellampitiya area who had deserted from the army, and the motorcyclist is a 28-year-old resident of the Peliyagoda area, and that the crime had been orchestrated by a drug trafficker residing overseas. The suspects have been identified as individuals heavily addicted to drug use. Guided by them, the police took into their custody 4,230 milligrams of narcotic ice, the clothing worn during the crime, and mobile phones found at the location in the Dewinuwara area where they had waited to commit the crime and further investigations are underway. 

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.