Police News

Officers of the Police Organized Crime Control Unit of Special Task Force raided an illicit liquor racket operating in the Muthurajawela area of Pamunugama on the morning of 06.04.2025, while taking into custody 378 liters of illicit liquor stored ready for sale, 3683 liters of Goda used for production, 12 copper coils, 30 barrels, and 12 cans, along with a number of other paraphernalia. One suspect has been arrested and has been produced to the Pamunugama Police Station for further investigations.  

A woman and a man who stood close to a ready-made garment outlet in Kumarakanda, Hikkaduwa were shot by two unidentified persons on a motorcycle on the night of 03-04-2025. The man was dead and the woman was seriously injured. One suspect who was said to have aided and abetted the crime was arrested by officers of Hikkaduwa Police Station on 07.04.2025 in Ginimellagaha area of the Hikkaduwa Police Area. The suspect who is 23-year-old, is a resident of Gonapinuwala area. Further investigation has been conducted by Hikkaduwa Police Station. In addition to that, two suspects wanted in connection with the shooting two persons who were traveling on a motorcycle on 21-03-2025 in Sinhasana Road, Gandara area have surrendered to the Gandara Police Station on 07-04-2025 along with their lawyers. These suspects, who are at the age of 26 and 35, are residents of Gandara and Devinuwara areas.  Facts have been revealed that one of these two individuals is the shooter in this homicide incident. Further investigations are conducted in connection with these two suspects, who are currently in the custody of the Homicide and Organized Crime Investigation Division.

A group of officers attached to the Police Special Task Force-Kilinochchi camp have arrested an individual who was travelling by motorcycle in possession of 16 kg and 960 g of Kerala cannabis on the Aleadi road, Kilinochchi, around 12:10 a.m. on 02.04.2025, and the said individual was produced to the Kilinochchi Police Station for further investigations. Accordingly, investigations are being conducted by the Kilinochchi Police Station regarding the suspect, a resident of the Bharathipuram area, and to arrest accomplices associated with the suspect. Moreover, three suspects who were in possession of 15 kg and 180 g of Kerala cannabis were arrested while staying in Ganeshapuram, Nellikulam, in the morning of 02.04.2025 during a raid carried out by the officers in the Special Task Force – Vavuniya Camp. Further investigations are being carried out by the Police Station, Nellikulam regarding those suspects.

Officers of the Southern Province Special Operations Unit of the Police Special Task Force have arrested a person who was riding a motorcycle in possession of a foreign-made pistol in the Rathgama, Boossa area, on the evening of 02.04.2025. According to a piece of information disclosed during further questioning of the suspect, who is 32 years old and a resident of the Rathgama area, a 60-year-old woman who was a resident of the same area was also taken into custody on the same day in possession of a micro pistol and 09mm ammunition. They have been handed over to the Rathgama Police Station for further investigations, and the Rathgama Police Station is conducting further investigations regarding these firearms and the suspects.

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.