Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- Former Puttalam District MP Shantha Abeysekara and his son have been arrested by the Police Illegal Assets Investigations Division.

The arrest was made when they arrived to give a statement regarding an illegally assembled vehicle, Police said.

The arrested suspects are expected to be produce before the Mahara Magistrate's Court tomorrow (19).

On February 6, an illegally assembled luxury vehicle which was allegedly used by former MP and SJB member Abeysekara, was found disassembled and concealed by officers of the Illegal Assets Investigations Division..

A division of the IAD had reportedly received information that former MP Shantha Abeysekara was using an illegally assembled luxury vehicle.

Accordingly, after ...