Over 500 T-56 bullets and magazines recovered near Peliyagoda fish market

Sri Lanka Police have discovered a cache of weapons and ammunition near the Peliyagoda Fish Market, believed to have been hidden by underworld gang member “Kehelbaddara Padme.”

The recovery was made following questioning carried out by the Western Province (North) Crimes Division.

Based on information revealed during interrogations of the organized criminal, a team of officers this morning (September 26) discovered the following items in the area behind the bus halt on the road leading to the Peliyagoda Fish Market, within the Peliyagoda Police Division:

• • 520 live T-56 ammunition rounds
  • Three T-56 magazines
  • One foreign-manufactured micro firearm and its magazine
  • One foreign-manufactured revolver
  • One pair of handcuffs
  • One set of army uniforms

Organized criminal Mandinu Padmasiri, known as “Kehelbaddara Padme,” was recently arrested in Indonesia along with several other underworld gang members. They were brought back to Sri Lanka and are currently being interrogated.

Further investigations are being conducted by the Western Province (North) Crimes Division.