Sri Lanka, Feb. 20 -- The Illegal Assets Investigation Division has frozen property valued at over Rs. 30 million following allegations that it was acquired through illegal means.

The action follows an investigation into a complaint that the assets had been accumulated through drug trafficking and robbery.

The property in question belongs to a resident of the Walasmulla area, police said.

Accordingly, a 14.1-perch plot of land with a three-story house, valued at over Rs. 30 million and located in the Kadigamuwa area of Walasmulla, which was allegedly purchased in the name of a woman using illegally acquired funds, has been ordered to be frozen for a period of seven days from yesterday (19) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act....