Sri Lanka, Nov. 1 -- ICG detection a major breakthrough

Several luxury vehicles seized

Probe under Money Laundering Act

Dematagoda Ruwan, a large-scale drug trafficker who was recently arrested, has been found to have smuggled into the country heroin and other narcotic drugs worth over Rs. 7 billion from 2017 to date, Police said.

Dematagoda Ruwan is the brother of Dematagoda Chaminda, an underworld gang member who is on death row.

Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated that the suspect was arrested on Friday (29th) by the officers of the Illegal Property and Assets Investigation Division of the Police.

In a subsequent search the Police found 01 kilogramme and 590 grammes of gold in his house.

In addition the Police took ...