08 People Arrested In Connection With the Murder of Fishermen –Medigama

The Matara Division Criminal Investigation Bureau investigated the crime of killing a person engaged in fish business and seriously injuring two others near the Goiyapana Bridge in Midigama on 19.09.2024 by coming on a motorcycle and shooting with a T.56 firearm and a pistol type firearm. 08 suspects involved in that crime were arrested on 03.11.2024 along with a pistol-type firearm and 05 rounds of ammunition.
Among the suspects are the suspect who came on a motorcycle and shot with a pistol, a suspect who kept the weapon and 05 rounds of ammunition after the crime, and 05 other suspects who aided and abetted the crime and one female suspect.
These suspects are between the ages of 20 and 42 and are residents of Wellawaya, Weligama, Ahangama and Midigama areas and officers of the Matara Division Criminal Investigation Bureau have taken action to arrest them in those areas.
Police have seized Rs. 1,542,000- rupees suspected to have been earned from heroin smuggling in the possession of the suspect residing at Weligama who was in possession of the pistol, and it has been revealed that he is a close relative of a person who is carrying out organized crime and drug smuggling in this country from a foreign country.

The Matara Division Criminal Investigation Bureau is conducting a lengthy investigation in connection with them.