A 39‑year‑old resident of Karandeniya was arrested yesterday (21) after Police found 8.58 kilos of ‘ICE’ narcotics in his possession.

According to the Police, the suspect was arrested following a raid carried out by officers of the Elpitiya Division Crime Investigation Unit.

The suspect was taken to the Karandeniya Police Station after being arrested. 

He is scheduled to be produced before the Balapitiya Magistrate’s Court today (22). (Newswire)

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A 43-year-old man is wanted over a double murder reported in Karandeniya on Thursday, the Police said. 

According to the Police, a woman and her son were killed after being attacked with a sharp object in the Kebellagoda area.

The victims are a 74-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, both residents of Karandeniya.

The Police state that a 43-year-old man, residing close to the victims, is suspected of carrying out the murders, while the cause is unknown yet.

The Karandeniya Police have launched an investigation to apprehend the suspect. (Newswire)

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A 24-year-old man has been arrested on allegations of subjecting his 03-year-old son to cruelty in the Karandeniya area in Elpitiya.

The Police said an investigation was launched based on a tip-off received to the 118 Online Emergency Complaint and Public Complaint Management System at the Ministry of Public Security. 

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspect’s 24-year-old wife was employed overseas and that he and his son were residing alone at a house in Anuruddhagama, Karandeniya. 

The suspect is reported to have made the child kneel with his hands raised, verbally abused the child for asking for meals, and run over one foot of the child with the back wheel of a bicycle. 

Police investigations have also revealed that the man had videoed the incidents and had intended to send it to his wife who is overseas, while it had also been widely circulated on social media. 

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

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The gunman involved in the murder of the Karandeniya Public Health Inspector (PHI) in Elpitiya in February this year has been arrested. 

According to the Police, the suspect was found to have two firearms in his possession at the time of his arrest in Mount Lavinia. 

The man was wanted for killing 51-year-old Karandeniya PHI Deepal Roshan Kumara on 26 February.

At the time, investigations revealed that the PHI officer was shot dead at his residence in Pathiraja Mawatha, Elpitiya by a gunman who had come on a motorcycle. (Newswire)

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