Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Former Minister and Anuradhapura District Organiser of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Duminda Dissanayake, has been arrested by police.

Police said that the arrest was made in connection with the investigation carried out by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) regarding the ownership of the gold-plated T-56 assault rifle discovered at a prominent apartment complex in Havelock Town on Tuesday (20).

The gold-plated T-56 assault rifle was discovered on May 20 inside a woman's travel bag at the apartment complex.

A complaint was made through the '119' police emergency hotline stating that an elderly woman was seen carrying what appeared to be a T-56 assault rifle towards the apartment complex. The security ...