Two underworld gangsters operating a drug trafficking network in Sri Lanka, under the directions of leaders 'Alagoram Jothi Ruban' and 'Sedawatte Kasun' currently hiding in Dubai, were arrested.
The Organized Crime Investigation Unit of the CID made the arrests during raids in Kotuwila, Wellampitiya, and Meegahawatta, Avissawella.
Police said that the two suspects were close confidantes of the underworld leaders in Dubai and were responsible for a series of crimes and drug trafficking in Sri Lanka.
During interrogation, one suspect provided information leading to the recovery of a foreign-made revolver and 54 rounds of live ammunition buried behind his brother's house in Kotuwila. Additionally, 13.680 grams of heroin were recovered from a house in Kumbukgetewatta, Weliweriya, based on information from the suspect arrested in Meegahawatta, Avissawella.
