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Suspect wanted for 20 crimes arrested with foreign-made pistol

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A suspect wanted for 20 crimes including rape has been arrested by Eppawala police.

Police Media Unit stated that the suspect was arrested while traveling in a car on Monday evening following a tip-off of a suspicious individual. 

Further investigations revealed that he was wanted in connection to at least 20 crimes, including one case rape and another of abduction and assault. A special team from the Anuradhapura police conducted a thorough search of the car taken into custody and recovered a foreign made micro pistol along with a magazine and three bullets.

The arrested suspect is a 39-year-old from Gonahena, Vebada. He is currently being questioned under a 48-hour detention order. 

Pictures show the car and the weapon recovered from inside it.

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