A team of officers from the Police Special Task Force Headquarters has arrested six suspects who were present at a house in the Wattumulla area of the Gampaha Police Division yesterday (19) along with 02 T-56 firearms, 118 T-56 bullets, 03 T-56 magazines, a van, a car and a three-wheeler.
The arrested suspects are aged 22, 24, 25 and 26 and are residents of Galle, Anukkane, Udugampala and Gampaha. Based on information obtained from the suspects, two more suspects have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in another crime.
The suspects arrested are residents of Udugampala and are aged between 22 and 57. The suspects have been produced before the Colombo Crimes Division. Further investigation into them revealed that they were planning to shoot and kill a person under the direction of two followers of an organized crime gang member currently abroad, and that four of these suspects are former military service members.