The Special Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has arrested five individuals involved in foreign employment fraud.

According to the SLBFE, the suspects were arrested as a result of investigations carried out during the first week of 2026. 

On January 8, 2026, officers raided an institution named Order Solutions operating in the Boralesgamuwa area without a valid license from the SLBFE, which had been posting advertisements on Facebook claiming to provide assistant jobs in factories in Dubai. 

During the raid, officials seized 10 employment contracts for Dubai, 27 applicant forms, and a computer used to prepare related documents, while one suspect was taken into custody. The suspect was produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court on January 9 and was ordered to be remanded until January 20.

Meanwhile, on January 8, 2026, two women running an institution called Samurai Japanese Language Center were arrested by investigation officers. 

The center, located on Maharagama Road in Boralesgamuwa, had advertised on Facebook offering driver jobs in Japan while operating under the guise of a Japanese language training institute. Upon inspection, officials found a large number of forged official seals in the names of school principals, divisional secretaries, a commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department, university lecturers, and other private educational institutions. 

They also seized forged GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level certificates, along with two government-printed books containing 100 student progress reports each, which are issued only to school principals by the Ministry of Education. Further investigations revealed that the institution was teaching Japanese while preparing fake documents for unqualified individuals to be sent to Japan. It was also discovered that a relative of the women works in Japan and was facilitating these job opportunities.

The two women were arrested under charges of preparing, using, and possessing forged documents and were handed over to the Boralesgamuwa Police. 

They were produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court on January 9 and were ordered to be remanded until January 19. (Newswire)

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An individual has been killed after being stabbed by a three-wheeler driver in the Bodhirajapura area in Werahera, Boralesgamuwa last night.

According to the Police, the deceased has been identified as a 43-year-old resident of Bodhirajapura and a father of three.

Investigations have revealed that the victim had attended a phone call near Bodhirajapura Road, a few distance away from his house.

At the time, the three-wheeler driver is reported to have arrived at the location after which an argument between the two parties had escalated, resulting in the three-wheeler driver stabbing the victim with a knife. 

The injured victim had been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila by relatives after which he succumbed to injuries two hours later.

The Police suspect that the murder may have taken place over an extramarital affair between the victim and the suspect’s wife.

The Boralesgamuwa Police has launched an investigation to apprehend the suspect. (NewsWire)

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Three suspects have been arrested over the robbery of gold jewellery and cash worth Rs. 15 million in Boralesgamuwa.

The Police stated that the suspects had robbed a house in the Katuwawala area in Boralesgamuwa by threatening the maid with a knife.

Several types of gold jewellery and cash, including US Dollars were among the stolen items. 

A live hand grenade and 24 grams of heroin had been seized from the suspects’ possession at the time of their arrest. (NewsWire)

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Three suspects have been apprehended over the robbery of a motor car from a house in the Embillawatte area in Boralesgamuwa on June 26.

The Police stated that the suspects had stolen a Wagon R car that was parked in the garage of the house.

Police investigations into a complaint filed on the robbery led to the arrest of one suspect in Homagama yesterday.

Interrogations had led to the arrest of another man and a woman, also in Homagama, for aiding the robbery.

The Police stated that the stolen vehicle was also found in their possession at the time of the arrest.

The arrested men are aged 31 and 34 years and are residents of the Homagama and Horana areas, while the woman is a 25-year-old resident of Udupussellawa. 

The suspects will be produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today. (NewsWire)

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Five suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the theft of a three-wheeler in Boralesgamuwa.

The suspects were arrested by the Boralesgamuwa Police based on an investigation conducted following a complaint received on the three-wheeler theft.

Interrogations of the suspects had led the Police to seize 03 three-wheelers that had been stolen by the suspects previously.

The suspects aged between 23 years and 32 years are residents of the Dehiwala, Nawalapitiya, Rosella, Hatton and Kotagala areas.

The group will be produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court (07). The Boralesgamuwa Police are conducting further investigations. (NewsWire)

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