Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The Western Province (South) Crime Division arrested two close associates of underworld kingpin 'Angoda Lokka' with five grams of heroin during a raid in the Udumulla area in the Mulleriyawa police division yesterday.

The 26 and 30 year-old suspects are residents of the Mulleriyawa area.

Police have identified the first suspect as the main suspect of the murder of a businessman in the Hanwella in August 2019.

The other suspect also had been in Police custody in 2018 for possessing drugs and weapons, police said. Western Province (South) Crime Division is investigating.

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