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Police nab a suspect with army uniforms and ammunition.

July 18, 2020

Police have taken a suspect with military uniforms, five grams of heroin, two rounds of live rounds, four empty magazines, two sharp illegal scalpels and a three-wheeler, yesterday.

He will be produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court for legal proceedings today (18), the Police said.

The 39-year-old suspect, a resident of Arangala area in Athurugiriya, was arrested during a special raid carried out by the Athurugiriya Police following a tip-off yesterday.

Athurugiriya Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.