8 September 2020 11:53 am
The STF said the suspects, G.D. Suraj alias ‘Welipe Suraj’ and H.M.D. Parakrama who is an army deserter, were arrested while travelling in a car.
The suspects aged 21 and 25 were handed over to the Minuwangoda Police.
The STF said that Welipe Suraj is on bail over a shooting incident in 2018 in which a 40-year-old woman was killed in Weligampitiya, Ja-Ela.
She was killed in a shooting in which Welipe Suraj fired at underworld figure Kalu Ajith.
They said the suspect is also wanted over soil mining rackets.
The raid was carried out by a team led by CI Nadeeka Silva on the instruction of STF Commandant.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)