Two youths who were preparing to commit another serious crime have been arrested with bullets and a motorcycle with fake number plates

A team of officers from the Borella Police Station, who were on crime prevention and anti-vice duties, checked two individuals on a motorcycle near the Borella Lake Drive Road on the night of 22.04.2025.

One of the individuals was found to be in possession of 55 grams and 300 milligrams of the Ice narcotic, and while checking the luggage, the officers found 06 numbers of 09 mm bullets, two motorcycle helmets with black coloured visors, a forged identity card, and a forged driving licence.

When the other individual was checked, there were also 15 grams and 900 milligrams of Ice narcotic in his possession, and upon further investigation, it was revealed that the motorcycle was also bearing fake number plates.

According to information revealed during interrogation, since it was revealed that these two suspects, aged 22 and 28, who are residents of the Wellawatte and Borella areas, have planned to commit a serious crime on the instructions of an organised criminal residing abroad, they are to be produced before the Maligakanda Magistrates’ Court, and further investigations are to be done after obtaining detention orders.