Police News

Officers of the Colombo Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau arrested a person under the new flyover at Galeni Passage, Company Street, on 19.12.2025 at around 08.00 pm. Based on information obtained during questioning of the 49-year-old resident of Colombo 02, officers of the Colombo Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau arrested two more suspects with the drugs on 22.12.2025. One suspect was arrested at W. Silva Mawatha, Wellawatte, with 114 g of ice. The suspect is a resident of Moratuwa, Moratuwa. The other suspect was arrested in a hotel in the Daluwapitiya area of Kadawatha with 1056 g of cocaine, 1098 g of heroin and 4116 g of ICE. He is a resident of Samagi Mawatha, Kaduwela Road, Rajagiriya. The Colombo Central Division Criminal Investigation Bureau is conducting further investigations to arrest more suspects in this drug network under the direct supervision of the Officer-in-Charge of the Colombo Central Division, Senior Superintendent of Police Mahesh Kumarasinghe.

A group of robbers illegally entered a house in the Bulnewa area of the Galnewa Police Division on the night of 07.12.2025, threatened the husband and wife of the house, who were engaged in business activities, and fled after robbing them of about two hundred million rupees in cash, gold items, and a Prado jeep worth about fifty million seven hundred and sixty-eight hundred and sixty-eight rupees (57,268,000/-). Officers of the Galnewa Police who conducted the investigation arrested six suspects on 14.12.2025. In Kurunegala, Mathawathagama and Wilgamuwa areas, 10 grams of heroin 300 mg, 10 g of ice 250 mg, 04 pairs of gloves used in the crime, 04 sharp knives, a motorcycle, a van and a lorry used in the crime have been seized with them. Five hundred and thirty thousand rupees (5,939,000/-) of the stolen money and many properties obtained from the stolen money have been taken into custody by the investigating officers. The stolen Prado jeep was found abandoned in the Meegalewa area. The six suspects, aged 34, 36, 38, 40, 43 and 48, who are residents of Kurunegala, Nugagolla, Mawathagama, Melsiripura and Kandy, were produced before the Kekirawa Magistrate’s Court on 15.12.2025 and remanded in custody until 18.12.2025 for further investigations. Galnewa Police are conducting further investigations into the suspects and the crime.

A team of officers from the Airport Unit of the Police Narcotics Bureau has been able to arrest a suspect with 21kg and 668g of Kush in a raid conducted in the Convent Road area of ​​the Wattala Police Division on the evening of 14.12.2025. The Police Narcotics Bureau has initiated investigations into the suspect, who is a 34-year-old resident of Colombo 14.

A team of officers from the Ampara Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrested a suspect with two magazines, a T-56 firearm and 45 rounds of ammunition in the Batapola Sadamulla area of Elpitiya Division. The arrest was made on 14.12.2025 based on information received by the Senior DIG in charge of the Eastern Province, Mr. Waruna Jayasundara. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspect is a close associate of an organized criminal and that the firearm was kept ready to be used to commit several murders. The suspect, Namal Sevana, 64 years old, a resident of Sadamulla, has been taken into custody at the Batapola Police. Further investigations are underway.

Messages are being circulated on social media requesting information about children whose parents have died and who are living in a state of insecurity due to the disasters caused by Cyclone Ditva that hit the island.The dangerous aspect of this is that there is a possibility of a child being abused by a person who comes under the guise of providing relief with an ulterior motive. Children may be taken in and used as servants, subjected to cruelty, and used for illegal activities.If someone has a genuine need to take a child into proper custody and raise him or her safely, he or she can do so by initiating a case in the District Court in accordance with the general common law in force in Sri Lanka.We request that only the National Child Protection Authority or the Child and Women Abuse Prevention and Investigation Bureau of the Police be informed to provide and obtain information regarding a vulnerable, helpless child.We also request that you refrain from providing your children’s location or information to strangers who post their phone numbers on social media.

Officers from the Settikulam camp of the Police Special Task Force arrested a person who was in possession of 800 pills of narcotics without a medical prescription or a proper license for transportation and was staying near the Pulleyar Kovil in the Anuradhapura Police Division on the night of 14.12.2025. The suspect has been identified as a 25-year-old resident of the Matale Junction area in Anuradhapura and has been handed over to the Anuradhapura Police for further investigations. An individual who was in possession of 48 pills of narcotics was also arrested on the same day by officers from the Panadura sub-camp of the Police Special Task Force in the Dawatagahawatte, Madupitiya area. The suspect, who is 50 years old, is a resident of the Mahawaskaduwa area in Waskaduwa. He has been handed over to the Pinwatte Police for further investigations. A team of officers attached to the Kalubowila camp conducted a raid in the Nawinna area of Maharagama at around 10.00 pm on 14.12.2025 and arrested a person who was in possession of 01 gram 940 mg of Kush and 09 pieces of marijuana. The suspect is a 37-year-old resident of the same area. He has been handed over to the Maharagama Police for further investigations.

A person was arrested at the arrival terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, on the morning of 14.12.2025, for possession and trafficking of 02kg and 308g of heroin. The Police Narcotics Bureau Airport Unit conducted an investigation and arrested the suspect based on a tip-off and identified him as a 28-year-old resident of Rambukkana. The suspect is scheduled to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court today, 14.12.2025, to obtain a detention order. Further investigations are underway by the Police Narcotics Bureau Airport Unit.

Following an investigation in accordance with the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, a 39-year-old drug trafficker residing in Ibbagamuwa, has been ordered to freeze the following properties and assets purchased with the proceeds of drug trafficking for a period of 7 days from 10.12.2025. A cab worth Rs. 5,400,000/=, a van worth Rs. 14,500,000/=, a personal bank account in Kurunegala with Rs. 4,566,805.30 deposited, a personal bank account in Kurunegala with Rs. 35,956,514.66 deposited, a personal bank account in Ibbagamuwa with Rs. 12,623,628.81 deposited, a personal bank account in Kurunegala with Rs. 19,883,810.23 deposited, a personal bank account in Kurunegala with Rs. 118.31 deposited, a personal bank account in Kurunegala with US$ 544.66 deposited (foreign currency) are the properties and assets. The Investigation Division has conducted an investigation based on the complaint filed by the Police Narcotics Bureau. Earlier, when the Police Narcotics Bureau arrested the suspect and produced him before the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court, the amount of Rs. 283,300,000/= (Twenty-eight crores thirty-three lakhs) illegally acquired by the suspect was taken into custody by the court and deposited in the court account. Accordingly, the total amount is Rs. 376,230,877.31 (Thirty-seven crores sixty-two lakhs thirty thousand eight hundred seventy-seven hundred thirty-three). The Investigation Division is conducting investigations under the instructions and direct supervision of the Inspector General of Police to deactivate all such illegally acquired assets and properties.

Based on a complaint filed by the Police Narcotics Bureau, the Illegal Assets Investigation Division has launched an investigation under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act into properties and assets allegedly acquired by a 52-year-old drug trafficker residing in the Hambegamuwa area of Thanamalwila. Investigations revealed that the suspect has a history of criminal activity related to drug possession and drug trafficking. He has previously been arrested by several police stations across the island and produced before the Honorable Courts in connection with these offences. During the course of the assets investigation, it was uncovered that the suspect had acquired a number of properties using money earned through illegal activities and had registered these assets in the name of his wife. Accordingly, the Embilipitiya and Tangalle High Courts have issued orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to freeze these properties. The said orders have been extended for a further period of seven days with effect from 11 December 2025. The frozen properties and assets are as follows: I. A pharmacy located in the Embilipitiya area, valued at approximately Rs. 30 million. II. A 39.5-perch land and a hotel in the Embilipitiya area, valued at approximately Rs. 70 million. III. A land and a building with two shops located in the Middeniya area, valued at approximately Rs. 15 million. IV. A land and a building with a shop in Middeniya, valued at approximately Rs. 7.5 million. V. Another land and a building with a shop in Middeniya, valued at approximately Rs. 7.5 million. VI. A 25-perch land and a two-storey house in Keerawela Katuwa, Embilipitiya, valued at approximately Rs. 35 million. VII. A land and a two-storey building with a shop located on Panamura Road, Middeniya, valued at approximately Rs. 15 million. The total value of the frozen properties exceeds Rs. 180 million. The Illegal Assets Investigation Division is continuing the necessary legal procedures to take possession of these illegally acquired properties and assets. Further investigations are also underway to identify and freeze any additional assets obtained through unlawful means, under the instructions and direct supervision of the Inspector General of Police.