The Illegal Assets Investigation Division has arrested a suspect under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act while in the possession of two vehicles and cash amounting to Rs. 283.3 million.
The 40-year-old suspect is a resident of Ibbagamuwa.
The Police Media Division said that investigations conducted so far have revealed that this suspect maintained telephone contact with a suspected drug trafficker believed to be hiding abroad. Acting on the instructions of the said trafficker, the suspect reportedly collected the aforementioned funds from local drug dealers. It has also been uncovered that the vehicles in question were purchased using proceeds from drug trafficking, the Police further said.
The suspect is to be produced before the Kurunegala Magistrate's Court today (20). The Illegal Assets Investigation Division is conducting further inquiries.
An Attorney at law and his wife was shot dead in the car park of a super market in Akuregoda today evening.
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