Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities have repatriated wanted criminal Manadalagala Bombugalage Sumith Priyantha from India to Sri Lanka. 

The Police said the suspect was wanted for offences such as taking a ransom of Rs. 5 million in Kuruvita, involvement in drug peddling, and possession of a hand grenade in Mirihana. 

While court proceedings were underway against the suspect, he had managed to flee to India. 

Following the intervention of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), the wanted criminal was brought back to Sri Lanka via air last night. 

The Criminal Investigations Department is set to conduct investigations into the activities of the suspect. (Newswire)

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The Police have recovered an internationally manufactured weapon that was used in a shooting incident in 2019 in which an individual was killed. 

The Police said the suspect wanted in connection to the murder had fled to Dubai, but had been arrested by the Dubai authorities after an Interpol Red Notice was issued.

The suspect was brought to Sri Lanka by a team of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officials on July 12 and investigations commenced after obtaining a 90-day detention order.

During an interrogation of the suspect, the Police were able to recover the weapon used in the shooting, which had been buried in an abandoned land adjacent to a house in Nugegoda on Monday.

The suspect is a 48-year-old resident of Nugegoda. The Police Homicide & Organized Crimes Division is conducting investigations. (Newswire)  

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International Red Notices have been issued to 43 members of criminal gangs operating in Sri Lanka, according to the Police.

Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said that measures are being taken to obtain Red Notices against other identified and wanted criminals as well.

He further said that the wanted criminals who had sought refuge in Dubai, UAE are said to have now fled to other countries.

DIG Thalduwa said that following the issuance of red notices, wanted criminals who had fled to Dubai were found to have created new passports under fake identities and fled to other countries. 

The Police Spokesman revealed the details during a media briefing in Colombo. (NewsWire)

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A Police Sergeant has been seriously injured after being attacked with a knife by a suspect against whom the court has issued an open warrant. 

Weddikkara Dhorayalage Victor Wijethunga who is a wanted criminal has reportedly been eluding the Police over the last two years.

However, upon receiving a tip-off that he had returned to his hometown in the Bodhawala area in Beligala, Kegalle, the Police conducted a special operation yesterday to apprehend him.

During the operation, the suspect had carried out a knife attack on a Police Sergeant seriously injuring him, while a Police Constable who had attempted to prevent the attack had also sustained injuries. 

The Police had managed to apprehend the suspect despite the knife attack. 

The injured Police Constable has been admitted to the Beligala Hospital, while the Police Sergeant has been transferred to the Kegalle Hospital for further treatment.

The suspect has also been hospitalized, while the Kegalle Police are conducting investigations. (NewsWire)

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