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STF recovers firearm, ammunition linked to Kehelbaddara Padme

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STF recovers firearm, ammunition linked to Kehelbaddara Padme

Koralagamage Mandinu Padmasiri Perera, also referred to as “Kehelbaddara Padme”

A foreign-manufactured pistol, two magazines used for T-56 weapons, and 267 rounds of stay T-56 ammunition belonging to organized underworld prison “Kehelbaddara Padme” had been recovered by officers of the Police Particular Job Drive (STF) Kelaniya Camp.

The suspect, Koralagamage Mandinu Padmasiri Perera, also referred to as “Kehelbaddara Padme,” an organized prison who was delivered to the nation from Indonesia earlier this yr, is at the moment being detained below detention orders on the Legal Investigation Division (CID) for additional investigation.

Throughout questioning carried out by officers of the Industrial Crimes Investigation Division of the CID, it was revealed {that a} firearm belonging to the suspect, together with different property, had been hid inside the nation below the custody of one other organized prison who’s at the moment abroad.

Accordingly, with the help of officers from the STF Kelaniya Camp, police inspected a briefly constructed room situated on an entry highway between Ederamulla and the Colombo–Kandy fundamental highway.

From this location, officers took into custody a foreign-manufactured pistol, two magazines used for T-56 weapons, and 267 rounds of stay T-56 ammunition that had been hid there.

Additional investigations are being carried out by the Legal Investigation Division.

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