Police News

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.  

A female suspect and three male suspects were arrested by the Gandara Police Station on 22.03.2025 in connection with the crime of shooting and killing two people, who were riding a motorcycle near the junction that leads towards Sinhasana Road in the Gandara Police Area on the night of 21.03.2025, by an unknown group of people who arrived in a van. It has been revealed through the ongoing investigations conducted by the Gandara Police Station that these three suspects and the female suspect, aged between 23 and 46, residing at Gandara and Devinuwara, had aided and abetted the double homicide. Several investigation teams have been deployed to make the prompt arrest of the main suspects, including the shooters who are absconding.

Two injured persons were hospitalised after getting shot at by two persons who arrived on a motorcycle in front of a motorcycle spare parts shop on the Nagalagam Street of the Grandpass Police Area, around 09.40 p.m. on 17.03.2025. On 23.03.2025, the officers of the Grandpass Police Station, who are investigating the crime, have arrested a person, along with two mobile phones, who had contacted the two injured persons by phone and called them to the place where the crime was committed. The suspect is a 31-year-old resident of the Grandpass area. Three suspects and a female suspect have so far been arrested for aiding and abetting this crime by the investigation officers. The Grandpass Police Station is conducting further investigations in this regard.  

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.

A person who was transporting 247 kg 946 grams of cannabis in a car was arrested by the officers of Anti-Corruption Unit of Chilaw Police Station on the night of 25.02.2025 near 72/03 bridge in Chilaw, Merawala.   The luxury car which was driven from Merawala to Munneshavaram area was stopped and checked according to the information revealed. The cannabis was found in 114 parcels hidden in the back of the car. The suspect is a 36-year-old resident of Thimbilla, Sanghattana area.  Further investigations are being carried out by the officers of the Chilaw Police Station to find out the suspect and other suspects who have involved in this racket.    

A thirty-year-old individual who was transporting a stock of over 500,000 pills in a van was arrested in Negombo-Koppara Junction by a group of police officers of the Colombo Crime Division. Based on a piece of information unveiled, this raid was conducted on the night of 01.03.2025, forfeiting the opportunity of a certain party to earn high financial profit by distributing these pills among the youth for reasons such as intoxication. The suspect is a resident of the Mannar area. Further investigations are underway to find out the individuals who aided and abetted the suspect in ordering and transporting this stock of pills.  

Another suspect ,who aided and abetted the shooting of a motorcyclist and his two children near the Kadewatta junction on the Middeniya-Weeraketiya road on the night of 18.02.2025, has been arrested by the Tangalle Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau in the Weeraketiya Wakamulla area yesterday, 18.02.2025. Five suspects had been arrested in connection with the crime and this suspect, a 37-year-old resident of Hakuruwela, is the sixth suspect arrested in connection with the incident. Investigations conducted so far have revealed that this crime was carried out by an organized criminal living abroad and among the suspects arrested are a deserter from the army service and an officer who was engaged in police service. Although a video clip is currently circulating on social media claiming that the person who was shot dead in the Middeniya Police Area had received death threats, it has not been reported that he had lodged any complaints to the police stations regarding any death threats.