1950 Kg Beef, Five Suspects Arrested

A group of officers of the Agunukolapalassa police station who was on duty at the entrance of the Southern Expressway, Agunukolapalassa, stopped a lorry which was travelling from Agunukolapalassa area towards Colombo early in the morning on 08.12.2024 and inspected it.
Even though the lorry is a fully covered lorry with a freezer, the officers have taken steps to open it and carry out a complete inspection and have been able to seize 1950 kg of beef packed inside.
The officers also arrested a cab that came as an escort vehicle of the lorry and arrested three suspects aged 21, 19 and 37 who were in the vehicle and brought them to the police station.
Based on the information revealed after the arrest, officers including the Officer in charge went to the Debokkawa area of the Weerakatiya Police area to find the slaughterhouse and raided the forested area where the place is located and proceeded to seize another small lorry with a freezer along with two suspects, aged 43 and 45, who were staying in the slaughterhouse, have been arrested.
The heads and skins of 12 slaughtered cows were also found in the premises.
Further investigations are being carried out by the Police Station-Agunukolapalassa.