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A team of officers from the Dungalpitiya Police Station, in conjunction with Navy officers, arrested two suspects with nearly 190 kilograms of Kerala cannabis in the Lellama area of Negombo in a raid carried out on the morning of 09.04.2025. The suspects, aged 35 and 42, are residents of Pesale and Mannar, and the amount of Kerala cannabis seized from their possession is worth over Rs. 110 million.  Police officers and navy officers have discovered a stock of cannabis during an inspection of a lorry, and a car linked to the cannabis racket has also been taken into police custody after it was abandoned in the Keselwatte Police Division. Dungalpitiya Police are conducting further investigations.

A team of officers of the Special Operations Unit, Police Special Task Force Headquarters, arrested a person in possession of 173 grams of narcotic-ice in the Ela Ivura Road, Wattala on the night of 06.04.2025 and produced him to the Wattala Police Station. The suspect is a 32-year-old resident of Wattala. Wattala Police Station is conducting further investigations into the said person. Similarly, a team of officers from the Colombo Central Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a person in possession of 50 grams and 170 milligrams of heroin during a raid conducted on the night of 2025.04.06 in the Bandaria Lane of  Maradana Police Division, and produced him to the Maradana Police Station for further investigations. The suspect is a 55-year-old resident of Colombo 12.  

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.