Police News

Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau of Colombo Central has arrested a 37-year-old person, who is, a resident of Dehiwala, in the evening of 24 – 06 -2025, at the Kirulapone Police Division, for the offence of absconding, having defrauding over Rs. 50 million.  It has been revealed through the complaints made to the Police Station – Slave Island that the said suspect had defrauded around 150 people promising to provide them with foreign employment opportunities. He was arrested as a result of continuous search and pursuit for a period of 06 months.ෙ He is detained currently at Police Station – Slave Island for further investigations.

Based on a tip-off from a police intelligence officer, officers from the Mahabage Police Station searched a house in the Elehiwatte area of the division and found 1 kilogram of hashish weighing 100 grams each. A 33-year-old man who was staying as a temporary resident of the house has been arrested and Rs. 304,400 /=, which is suspected to have been earned from drug trafficking, has been taken into police custody. The Mahabage Police Station has initiated further investigations into the suspect, who has been identified as a resident of the Ragama area in Welisara, and the house.

Officers attached to the Police Special Task Force Gampola camp arrested a man, who was in possession of 67 packets of fungicides and 20 bottles of liquid pesticides that were banned for sale in Sri Lanka, near Gampola town and handed him over to the Gampola Agriculture Inspector’s Office for further investigation. The arrest was made on the afternoon of 23.06.2025 and the suspect was traced based on a piece of information discovered. He is a 31-year-old resident of the said area. Similarly, officers of the Police Special Task Force Dambulla camp carried out a raid in the Watagala area of the Galkiriyagama Police Area in the same evening and arrested a suspect with 391 liters and 750 milliliters of Goda, and 02 iron barrels used to distil illicit liquor and presented him to the Galkiriyagama Police Station. The 26-years-old suspect is a resident of the Pallekele area.

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Police seized 4kg and 112g of ICE IN Pettah. On 2025.06.16 Officer on a motorcycle patrol chased the car, stopped it at Reclamation Road, Pettah, and inspected the vehicle.At that time, the driver of the car had ran off from the vehicle and police had taken 4 kg and 112 g of ice stored in 4 plastic boxes inside the car in to custody.Police is conducting further investigations.

Officers of the Moragahahena Police Station, having uncovered a large-scale illicit liquor racket in the Etambahena area of Moragahahena, raided the said place on the afternoon of 02.06.2025. 1855 liters and 500 milliliters (10 barrels) of goda used for brewing illicit liquor, 07 liters and 500 milliliters (10 bottles) of illicit liquor, and equipment used for brewing have been seized from the said place. A 31-year-old suspect who is a resident of the Gonapala area, has also been arrested. The Moragahahena Police Station is conducting further investigations to find the suspects who aided and abetted the racket.

Officers of the Kelaniya camp of the Police Special Task Force have arrested a 35-year-old individual in possession of prohibited weapons at the Thorana Junction, Peliyagoda area, on the evening of 01.06.2025. The suspect is a resident of the Wedamulla area, and the weapons seized by the police include 03 swords, 10 prohibited knives, a hatchet, 02 spears and a blunt weapon with a spring used for assault. The Peliyagoda Police Station is conducting further investigations into the suspect.

As per a piece of information received by the officers of the Malsiripura Police Station who were on night patrolling have gone to arrest a suspect who had robbed a motorcycle from a woman who was riding a motorcycle on the Mahawela Road in the Melsiripura Police Division on the evening of 31.05.2025. The suspect in question had behaved in a criminally abusive manner, obstructing the officers’ duties, and the police officers had used the necessary force to arrest the suspect and also taken the stolen motorcycle into police custody. A police officer who was injured after the suspect attacked police officers with a stick during the arrest is being admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital for treatment. The suspect was also injured and admitted to the Polgolla Hospital for treatment. After being produced before the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court, the Court remanded him until 11.06.2025.  A portion of the incident was videotaped by a person at the scene and released to social media, and an investigation is underway into whether police officers acted outside the legal process during the arrest. The suspect is a 62-year-old resident of the Melsiripura area in Erabadugolla.   

Having conducted raids in the Ratmalana and Badowita areas of the Mt. Lavinia Police Division on 31.05.2025, officers of the Mt. Lavinia Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau have apprehended a suspect along with a three wheeler, 25 grams and 750 milligrams of heroin, Rs. 163,560 in cash believed to have been earned from selling drugs, and another suspect with 15 grams of heroin and presented them to the Mt. Lavinia Police Station. The suspects are 24 and 37 year-old residents of Ratmalana and Mt. Lavinia.   The Mt. Lavinia Police Station is conducting further investigations into the two suspects.

Upon a piece of information disclosed, the officers in Veyangoda Police Station raided a house in the Naiwala Watta area in Essella in the afternoon of 31.05.2025 and arrested a 26-year-old suspect in possession of 3 kg and 655g of heroin and a scale used for weighing drugs. A van that is suspected to be used for drug trafficking has also been seized by the police. Further investigations are being carried out by the Veyangoda Police Station regarding the suspect and all the productions apprehended.