Police freeze Rs. 200Mn property linked to drug trafficking suspect

The Police Illegal Assets Investigation Division has frozen property worth around Rs. 200 million, believed to have been purchased with money earned from drug trafficking by an organized criminal currently hiding overseas.

According to the Police, the suspect, formerly residing in Panadura, had acquired the property under his brother’s name. 

Investigations revealed that the land, located in Mahabellana, Alubomulla, spans approximately 21 perches ...