14 December 2020 11:44 am
A 38-year-old man suspected to be a close associate of notorious criminal Angoda Lokka was arrested by the STF in Angoda in Mulleriyawa police area.
Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said two locally made weapons and 18 rounds of T-56 ammunitions were also taken into custody.
The suspect was handed over to the Mulleriyawa police for further investigations.
DIG Rohana said the STF had received information that the suspect had links with notorious criminal Angoda Lokka, who fled to India a couple of yeas back, where he was said to have died.