Northern Provincial Crime Division established for maintaining law and order in the Northern Province

Concurrent with the reorganization of the administrative structure of the Sri Lanka Police, the “Northern Provincial Crime Division”, established in a building on the premises of the Office of the Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police – Northern Province in the Kankesanthuraya Police Area was declared opened by the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Priyantha Weerasooriya on the evening of 17.04.2025.

Accordingly, Northern Provincial Crime Division was established covering 61 police areas within the the Vavuniya, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Jaffna and Kankesanthuraya divisions of the Northern Province, with the objective of suppressing organized crimes and criminal gangs as well as to curb drug trafficking by bringing about a debilitating effect  on the large-scale network of drug syndicates. 

This division consists of a Director, an Officer in Charge, and a special team of officers.

Senior DIG in charge of the Northern Province, Tilak C. A. Dhanapala, DIG in charge of the Jaffna Range, Kalinga Jayasinghe, Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Kankesanthuraya Division, Ambepitiya, Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Jaffna Division, Jayamaha and many other high-ranking officers participated in this event.