Gang that stole property and cash worth millions from a house in Galnewa area and fled has been arrested

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.