Motorcyclist arrested in connection with three shooting incidents

A person, in possession of 15 grams of the narcotic Ice, who remained in the Attidiya Wewa Road area of the Mt. Lavinia Police Division, was arrested by officers of the Mt. Lavinia Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau on 30.01.2025. 

Investigation officers of the Mt. Lavinia Police Station who conducted further investigations into the suspect have uncovered that he is the motorcyclist involved in three shooting incidents reported recently.

Accordingly, this 27-year-old suspect was directly involved in the crimes of

• Shooting and committing homicide within the Dehiwala Police Area on 15.09.2024

• Shooting and committing homicide within the Mt. Lavinia Police Area on 13.11.2024

• Shooting and committing double homicide within Mt. Lavinia Police Area on 07.01.2025

Furthermore, it has been revealed through the investigations conducted so far that this suspect has obtained weapons and motorcycles through various individuals to commit crimes having led by an organized criminal and drug trafficker who remains abroad at present, and that all these murders have been committed due to conflicts occurred between drug traffickers.

Measures are to be taken to arrest other suspects who abetted the above suspect, and to conduct further investigations having obtained detention orders after producing the suspect before the court.