A 22-year-old man has been arrested following the seizure of over 4.8 kilograms of ICE narcotics and 161 grams of heroin during a police operation in Kelaniya.

According to the Police, the suspect was arrested on Wednesday night (07) after officers of the Kelaniya Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau attempted to stop a car suspected of transporting narcotics along Ranaviru Mawatha in Kelaniya.

Police said the driver attempted to flee when officers approached the vehicle, causing the car to veer off the road and overturn.

A subsequent search of the vehicle led to the discovery of 161 grams of heroin, following which the driver was arrested and the car taken into police custody.

During further questioning, investigators uncovered 4.870 kilograms of ICE and an electronic weighing scale concealed inside a house where the suspect had been temporarily residing in Isuru Uyana, Kotugoda, within the Ja-Ela Police Division.

The suspect has been identified as a 22-year-old resident of Pattiya, Kelaniya.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspect is believed to be a close associate of a drug trafficker.

He is scheduled to be produced before the Mahara Magistrate’s Court today (08).

The Kelaniya Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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The body of a man with gunshot wounds had been found on the Uswetakeiyawa beach in Ja-Ela based on an anonymous call received by the Pamunugama Police this morning.

Accordingly, officials from the Pamunugama Police had inspected the Morganwatte beach in Uswetakeiyawa where they had found the body.

The body had been found with gunshot injuries, while the Police had seized 09 empty bullets and a live bullet from a T-56 firearm nearby.

Preliminary investigations have determined that the murder had taken place last night (20 Feb). 

The victim has been identified as a 40-year-old resident of Kadawatha. 

The Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the murder and the identities of the suspects involved in the incident. 

The Pamungama Police has launched investigations into the murder. (Newswire)

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The body of an individual with gunshot wounds has been discovered on Uswetakeiyawa beach in Ja-Ela.

The Police said it is suspected that the deceased is a resident of Kadawatha, believed to be between the age of 30-35 years. 

The Police further said that the victim had sustained gunshot injuries to the chest. 

The Wattala Police is conducting investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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Two individuals on a motorcycle opened fire at a house in Weligampitiya, Ja-Ela, using T-56 rifles, according to the Police Media Spokesperson.

The gunfire had also caused damage to two neighbouring houses. (Newswire)

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Five suspects have been arrested for the death of an individual in the Ekala area in Ja-Ela on Monday. 

The Police said the suspects had attacked the victim with a sharp object, after which he had succumbed to injuries upon admission to the Ragama Hospital.

One suspect has been arrested over the murder, while four others have been arrested on charges of aiding. Officials from the Ja-Ela Police had also seized two machetes, 04 wooden poles, and two aluminium poles from the suspects’ possession. 

The arrested suspects are aged 22, 33, 45, 48, and 65 years, and are residents of Ja-Ela. The Ja-Ela Police is conducting further investigations. 

Meanwhile, the driver of a lorry and his assistant have been arrested over the death of a 68-year-old resident of Nikaweratiya on October 11. 

Police investigations found that the victim had left for the Nikaweratiya Hospital on a bicycle, and had been knocked down by the lorry. Instead of admitting the victim to the hospital, the driver of the lorry and his assistant disposed of his body at a Teak estate in the Pallama area.

Investigations into the death had led to the arrest of the two suspects at the Nikaweratiya town on Monday. The Nikaweratiya Police is conducting investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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A 32-year-old woman has died due to injuries sustained after being assaulted by her husband in the Batagama area in Ja-Ela.

The Police said the woman was admitted to the Ragama Hospital following the incident on Wednesday night and had been transferred to the Colombo National Hospital where she had died while receiving treatment last morning.

Preliminary investigations reveal that an argument between the woman and her husband had escalated, due to which her brother had attempted to intervene, but her husband had pushed her resulting in sustaining injuries due to the fall.

The 33-year-old husband of the woman has been arrested over the murder, while the Kandana Police is conducting investigations. (Newswire)

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The body of a Police Constable has been discovered in a marsh near Pamunugama in Ja Ela. 

According to the Police, the deceased is a 50-year-old Police officer.

At the time of his demise, he had been assigned to the Police Station at the Kaduwela Interchange of the Southern Expressway. (Newswire)

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