A driver of a luxury bus with 18 kgs of ICE drugs (Crystal methamphetamine) was arrested in Kosgoda this morning during a raid conducted by the Colombo Crimes Division, said the Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana. He said it was revealed that, the 27-year-old driver had distributed the drugs to local dealers while driving the bus which was heading to Colombo from Galle. The
Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Authority
The daughter of slain Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge has urgently appealed to the National Authority for the Protection of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes in Sri Lanka to inquire into attempts to pervert the course of justice in investigations involving former CID Director Abeysekara and Sub-Inspector Mendis by officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).
In a letter to the Director of the Victims of Crime and Witnesses Assistance and Protection Division, set up under the guidance of the National Authority, 28-year-old Ahimsa Wickrematunge said the case against Sub Inspector Mendis who was previously attached to the CID was made up of belated, mutually inconsistent, self-contradictory statements about a murder investigation he conducted six years ago.
Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:39 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 10, Colombo: Former Director of the Criminal Investigation department (CID) Shani Abeysekara has filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that his arrest and remand is illegal.
Inspector General of Police C.S. D. Wickramaratne, Director of the Colombo Crimes Division, ASP Neville Silva, former CID Inspector Nishantha De Silva, Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon and the Attorney General have been named as respondents.
Petitioner Shani Abeysekara has stated that he has been arrested and remanded on charges of fabricating evidence in the murder of millionaire businessman Mohamed Siyam.
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