11 May 2010 04:56 am
The driver of former Deputy Minister K.A. Baiz has been arrested in Anamaduwa for illegally possessing a weapon and ammunition. He was arrested together with another man while they were traveling in a vehicle towards Kurunegala via Anamaduwa.
Traffic police, who had stopped the vehicle, had checked it on suspicion and recovered an M-16 gun used by the Special Task Force (STF), 2 magazines and 30 bullets. Anamaduwa police are investigating. (Daily Mirror online)