Another Police Officer arrested in firearms case involving Vass Gunawardena

by Zulfick Farzan 04-08-2020 | 12:38 PM

Colombo (News 1st); The Colombo Crimes Division arrested a Police Officer on the charges of preparing false evidence regarding a case filed with the court.

Sri Lanka Police said the suspect was arrested for providing false evidence to produce firearms to court with regard to a case filed against Ex-DIG Vass Gunawardena in 2014.

The suspect was attached to the Embilipitiya Police and is a resident of Poddala.

Sri Lanka Police said the suspect visited the Colombo Crimes Division on Monday (03) night to provide a statement and was arrested thereafter.

He will be produced to the Gampaha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (04).

The ex-Director of the Criminal Investigations Department Senior Superintendent of Police Shani Abeysekera was previously arrested over the same incident and remanded until the 07th of August.