Main Suspects in Three Homicides by Shooting in the Meegoda and Borella Areas arrested

The person suspected to be the gunman in the incident in which a former Pradeshiya Sabha member was shot dead in the Gehenuwala area of Meegoda on 12.08.2025, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on 20.08.2025 in the Nagarawewa area within the Hambantota Police Area.

Subsequently, investigating officers, guided by the suspect, recovered a locally manufactured 9 mm firearm, four 9 mm rounds of ammunition, two locally manufactured 12-bore firearms, and 06 grams of the Ice narcotic, which were hidden in the Hanwella area, and investigations have further revealed that the suspect had also attempted to carry out two other shootings in the Avissawella and Kollupitiya areas.

The 34-year-old suspect, who is a resident of Barawakumbuka, is a former Army soldier. 

The Criminal Investigation Department is continuing further investigations into this crime.

* The motorcyclist involved in the crime, in which two individuals, who were waiting at the playground near Sirisara Uyana in Borella, were killed by shooting with an automatic firearm by two persons arriving on a motorcycle, was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division on 19.08.2025 in a lodging house in Kadawatha.

Three other individuals sustained serious injuries in this shooting.

The arrested motorcyclist is a 25-year-old resident of Borella, and he was found in possession of 7,850 milligrams of heroin at the time of his arrest. 

Four other suspects who had aided and abetted this crime were previously arrested during investigations carried out by the Colombo Crime Division, and a wealth of information has been uncovered regarding this shooting that was orchestrated by individuals residing overseas. 

Further investigations are being carried out.

*In addition, the suspect who killed an individual by assaulting him with a blunt weapon in the Wedamulla area of Peliyagoda was arrested by officers of the Peliyagoda Police Station in the early hours of 20.08.2025.

The suspect is a 24-year-old resident of Wedamulla, Kelaniya. 

Further investigations into him are being conducted by the Peliyagoda Police Station.