Sri Lanka, Oct. 21 -- The newly established Division for Investigation of Criminal Assets (DICA) has uncovered two bank accounts suspected to contain Rs. 10 billion, believed to have been amassed through drug trafficking.

DICA was officially inaugurated yesterday (20) under the patronage of the Minister of Public Security, Ananda Wijepala, and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyanta Weerasuriya.

The Division was established under the Proceeds of Crime Act, No. 05 of 2025, which was certified by Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne on April 30, 2025, following its first reading in Parliament on March 1, 2025.

The Act provides legal provisions for the recovery, investigation, and disposal of criminal assets, and establishes an authority t...