Suspect arrested with hand grenades, T-56 live ammunition, narcotic ice and narcotic tablets

Further investigations were conducted by the Kiribathgoda Police Station regarding a suspect who was arrested with a T-56 firearm, a magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition, and the narcotic ice in the New Road of the Kiribathgoda Police area on the evening of 21.07.2025.

Investigations conducted into the suspect have revealed that the above suspect had brought this firearm from Vavuniya to the Colombo area and had planned to hand over this firearm to another party and subsequently taken it back to Vavuniya after committing the crime.

Based on the information revealed by the suspect, another suspect who has close contacts with the said suspect was arrested on 22.07.2025 while transporting 10 grams of narcotic ice in a three-wheeler in the Neriyakulam area of the Cheddikulam Police area, by a group of officers of the Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau, Vavuniya

The suspect is a 22-year-old resident of the Neriyakulam area.

Based on the information uncovered from the above suspect, the police have seized 86 different types of hand grenades, 321 rounds of T-56 live ammunition, 3 rounds of sidearm ammunition, and 5600 narcotic tablets hidden in the garden and house of the suspect.

Further investigations regarding the arrested suspects above will be conducted by the Terrorist Investigation Division.