Sri Lanka, March 19 -- Minister of Public Security, Ananda Wijepala, made a special statement in Parliament today (19) regarding former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who surrendered to court this morning.

The Minister confirmed that Tennakoon, who had been evading police for several days and was under significant national attention, has surrendered to the Matara Court.

Minister Wijepala also informed Parliament that a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had inspected Tennakoon's residence in Hokandara yesterday (18).

During the inspection, a total of 1,009 bottles of liquor, including 795 foreign liquor bottles and 214 wine bottles, were discovered.

In addition, a pistol-type weapon, suspect...