The investigation was launched after a complaint alleged that the suspect had accumulated assets through drug trafficking.
According to authorities, a freezing order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for a car valued at Rs. 1.55 million that had been purchased in the name of the suspect using illegally obtained funds. The order was later extended by the Colombo High Court.
The suspect was subsequently arrested by investigators and produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Further investigations revealed that the suspect had also purchased a three-storey house along with land worth approximately Rs. 40 million in the Weligampitiya area within the Ja‑Ela Police Division. Authorities have ordered the property to be frozen for seven days starting from the 13th.
Further investigations are being carried out by the Illegal Assets Investigation Division.
