Wele Suda’s ex- brother-in-law remanded

8 August 2015 12:55 am

Wele Suda’ex-brother-in-law and his mistress were arrested and produced in the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court on charges of distributing the heroin brought in by Wele Suda and laundering his ill-begotten money.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitya remanded Sudath Kumara till August 21 and released his mistress Nadeesha Nilmini on a cash bail of Rs.25,000 with two sureties of Rs.500,000 and impounded her passport.

The CID said the suspect Sudath Kumara was known to have laundered nearly Rs.24 million earned by peddling heroin belonging to Wele Suda.

The detectives said Nadeesha Nilmini had deposited in her bank account some Rs.16 million given to her by Kumara.