Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

CCD arrests four wanted underworld criminals at BIA

August 23, 2020

The Colombo Crime Division  (CCD) has arrested four notorious criminals at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo, today (August 23).

They have been arrested acting on a tip off received by the CCD.

The Police said the four suspects who were connected to organized crimes, large scale drugs and arms smuggling were arrested when they were  attempting to flee to Dubai to evade courts cases.

A sum of  Rs. 1,497,000 and  USD 7,900, which were in their possession, were found during the arrest.

The 30, 32, 43 and 45-year-old suspects were residents of Wellampitiya and Modara,  the Police confirmed.

The CCD is conducting further investigations.