Security officer arrested in Minuwangoda with firearms and ammunition

Minuwangoda Police today (August 15) arrested a suspect in possession of a large number of weapons and ammunition.

Acting on information received, a team of officers from the Minuwangoda Police Station searched a house near the Minuwangoda Hospital.

During the search, they found the following items hidden inside the house:

• One T-56 firearm
• One magazine for the T-56 firearm
• Fourteen T-56 bullets
• One pistol and one magazine for it
• Nine rounds of 2.5 mm ammunition
• Nine rounds of 9 mm ammunition
• Two model firearms (pistol and revolver type)
• Three swords
• Two knives

The suspect, a 45-year-old resident of the Minuwangoda area, was taken into custody. Police investigations have revealed that he works as a security officer at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake.

Further investigations are being carried out by the Minuwangoda Police.