A suspect has been arrested with six counterfeit US$100 notes at a bank in Minuwangoda Town, Police said.

According to the Police, the suspect was arrested last afternoon by officers from the Minuwangoda Police, based on a tip-off.

The suspect, a 45-year-old resident of Rasnayakapura, was taken into custody along with the fake currency notes.

The Minuwangoda Police are conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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The two main suspects in the theft of Rs. 75 million in Minuwangoda have been arrested.

The suspects were apprehended by the officers of the Gampaha Division Criminal Investigation Unit.

A sum of approximately Rs. 4 million was also found in the possession of the suspects during the arrest. (Newswire)

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The Police have sought public assistance to apprehend two suspects wanted for carjacking a van belonging to a Cash in Transit service, carrying approximately Rs. 75 million, in Minuwangoda on 18 November. 

The Gampaha Division Crimes Investigations Unit had launched a probe into the incident to arrest the suspects who had fled with the stolen money. 

The Police are in search of the two suspects, aged 37 and 40 years old and are residents of Katana and Udugampola, respectively.

The public with knowledge of the whereabouts of the suspects has been requested to contact the Police via 071 – 8591608 or 071 – 8591610. (Newswire)

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A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the theft of Rs. 75 million from a van belonging to a Cash in Transit Service, in Minuwangoda on Monday morning.

The Minuwangoda Police and the Gampaha Division Crimes Investigation Unit launched a probe into the theft by a man employed as a driver of a private firm.

Officials from the Gampaha Division Crimes Investigation Unit arrested a 35-year-old man in the Kaduwangaha area in Gampaha last afternoon based on a tip-off.

The man was in possession of 05.420 grams of ICE at the time of his arrest, while further interrogation led the Police to find Rs. 31,515,291 cash from the stolen cash. 

The arrested suspect is a resident of Makawita. The Minuwangoda Police and the Gampaha Division Crimes Investigation Unit are conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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A 23-year-old youth who had attempted to rob a house has been killed after being assaulted with a sharp object, the Police said.

The victim, along with two other men, had broken into a house in the Yagodamulla area in Kotugoda, Minuwangoda early last morning.

Investigations have revealed that the owner of the house had left for business activities early that morning, while his wife and four daughters remained at the house. 

As the suspects had broken into the house, a neighbour who is a close associate of the family, had assisted them by assaulting the suspects with a sharp object, during which one suspect had died.

The Police said the other two suspects had fled the area following the incident and that investigations were underway to apprehend them.

The deceased has been identified as a 23-year-old resident of the Kotugoda area in Minuwangoda. (NewsWire)

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The Police have sought the assistance of the public to find a 25-year-old youth reported missing from the Kalahugoda area in Minuwangoda.

According to the Police, the youth has been reported missing since October 2022.

The Minuwangoda Police has launched an investigation to find the missing youth based on a complaint filed by his mother.

Those with information on the whereabouts of the missing individual have been requested to contact the Police via 071 – 8591612 or 031 – 2295223. (NewsWire)

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A wanted suspect has been killed in a shootout with the Police in the Horompella area in Minuwangoda.

The Police stated that a team of Police Special Task Force personnel had been dispatched to the area last night to apprehend a suspect wanted over a murder.

As the STF officers had attempted to arrest the suspect, he is reported to have opened fire at the officers using a T-56 firearm.

The officers had opened fire in retaliation injuring the suspect, who was pronounced dead upon admission to the Minuwangoda Hospital.

According to Ada Derana, the Police stated that the deceased is 29 years old and has been identified as a shooter of an underworld gang.

The deceased is also the chief suspect in a shooting incident that was reported in Homagama recently.

The Police STF and Minuwangoda Police are conducting investigations into the incident. (NewsWire)

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The principal of a private school in Minuwangoda has been arrested for forcibly embracing a female teacher under the guise of extending New Year wishes.

According to Hiru News, the principal is a 61-year-old resident of Kadawatha and a father of two.

The man was arrested following a complaint filed by the 23-year-old female who is an English teacher at the school.

The Police stated that in her complaint the teacher said that she had completed her tasks for the day and was ready to leave the school when the suspect had forcibly embraced her extending his wishes for the New Year. (NewsWire)

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