The gunman and motorcyclist wanted over the shooting incident targeting a businessman in the Kapugama area under the Gandara Police Division on 03rd August, have been arrested. 

According to the Police, the suspects were arrested in the Wellampitiya and Ganemulla–Imbulgoda areas yesterday by the Matara Division Criminal Investigation Unit.

The businessman is reported to have sustained minor injuries in the shooting carried out using a T-56 firearm. 

Preliminary investigations revealed that the shooter is a 47-year-old resident of Wellampitiya who had deserted the military, and the motorcyclist is a 28-year-old resident of Peliyagoda. 

The Police said the shooting was allegedly carried out under the direction of a drug lord currently residing overseas, adding that the suspects have been identified as individuals heavily addicted to narcotics. 

Based on information revealed by the suspects, the Police recovered 4.230g of ICE, clothing worn during the crime, and mobile phones from the location in Dehiwala where they had been staying. 

The Police are conducting further investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting incident near the Devinuwara Dewalaya in Gandara on 21 March, in which two men, aged 28 and 29, were killed.

According to the Police, the suspects had been arrested after surrendering to the Gandara Police via their lawyers yesterday. 

The arrested suspects are aged 26 and 35 years, and are residents of Gandara and Devinuwara. 

They were arrested in connection with the murders of two men, aged 28 and 29, near the Devinuwara Dewalaya in Gandara. The victims were travelling on a motorbike when they were pursued by unidentified individuals in a van. 

The assailants reportedly collided with the motorbike, shot the victims, and fled the scene, after which they set fire to the van some distance away before escaping. (Newswire)

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