Two persons, who aided and abetted the shooting incident reported from the Hirana area on 29.04.2025, arrested

The Organized Crime Prevention Unit of the Police Special Task Force arrested two persons on the night of 05.05.2025 for the possession of 30 grams of the narcotic Ice, and later it has been uncovered that they are two suspects who aided and abetted the shooting reported from the Hirana area in Panadura on 29.04.2025.

After finding out through investigations that they are close associates of an organized criminal and a drug trafficker living abroad, it has been further revealed that they had provided a firearm and a van for the purpose of transportation to the suspects who were directly involved in the shooting incident in the Hirana area.

The two 21 and 25-year-old suspects, who are residents of Maradana and Colombo 13, have been produced to the Police Station Kompagngna Veediya for further investigations.