Druglords win big at LG polls

OTHER CRIMINAL ELEMENTS TOO SOME TOP THE LISTS By Special Correspondent Police Department sources said that there are a number of well-known underworld criminals from major political parties who had performed quite well at the recently concluded third stage of the Local Government polls. Internal police sources revealed that one such person had obtained the highest number of preference votes in a Colombo District electorate. This person is alleged to be involved in big time drug trafficking and contract killings. In another local government body, the candidate who had obtained the second highest number of preference votes is alleged to be a big time criminal - and another, a drug pusher. In addition to these individuals there are more unsavoury characters who have got elected to various LG bodies from the main political parties, police sources said. ==============================

VIP luxury ‘drug-limos’ to be nabbed

 

By Gayan Kumara Weerasingha

The Police Department has deployed Special Task Force (STF) squads in and around the suburbs of Colombo in order to detect luxury vehicles that are allegedly transporting weapons and drugs.
A senior officer of the Police Department told LAKBIMAnEWS that the department had received many complaints alleging that politicians have given their supporters the ‘green light’ to transport weapons and drugs in these vehicles.

As a result the Police Department has sought the help of the STF to bust this racket and nab those responsible.
Police sources also said that one such vehicle had been detected by the STF with a VIP label near Samudra Devi Vidyalaya in Mulleriyawa, which was being driven without a VIP in it, recently. He said investigations are ongoing.