INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police officers have raided a workshop where revolver-type firearms were being manufactured and arrested a suspect in the Palatuwa area in
the Matara police division.The operation was carried out based on a tip-off received by the officers of the Matara Division Crimes
Bureau.During the raid, a 63-year-old resident from the Malimbada area in Palatuwa was apprehended with a locally-manufactured firearm, five
has been revealed that 02 similar firearms have already been sold.Later, officers from the Matara Division Crimes Bureau had arrested two
additional suspects, in the Ahangama police division, who were found in possession of the two sold firearms in question.The arrested
suspects are aged 47 and 54 while they are both residents of the Ahangama area.The suspects and the seized firearms have been handed over to
Matara Police.Matara Division Crimes Bureau is conducting further investigations into the incident.
