16 September 2023 12:00 am Views - 103
By Pushapkumara Mallawarachchi
A close confidante of the underworld gangster known as Dhanudhara, who is living in Malaysia, was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) for procuring the motorcar to the gunmen who fired at a house in Gnanendra Mawatha in Ratmalana on September 10.
The Organised Crime Investigation Unit of the STF arrested the suspect during a raid on a house at Dombagollawatta in Mawanella on Thursday evening (14). The suspect was in possession of 20.66 grams of heroin at the time of arrest.
Investigations revealed that he had hired the motorcar from a taxi service and provided it to the gunmen. He was a 29-year-old man from Menikdiwela area. Under interrogation, he revealed his involvement in drug trafficking at the instigation of Dhanudhara on whose request he procured the motorcar to the gunmen. Police said the suspect had returned the motorcar to the Rent-a-Car Service the day after the shooting. He was handed over to Mawanella police for further action.