Ganja,Illegal Firearms And Ammunition Discovered Inside Opposition Lawmaker’s Vehicle

By Colombo Telegraph -

Ganja, illegal firearms and ammunition were discovered inside the vehicle in which UNP parliamentarian Dilip Wedaarachchi was traveling, police said today.

Dilip Wedaarachchi

Police Spokesman SSP Prasantha Jayakodi said the driver of the jeep was taken into the police custody. Police found one revolver, a 12-bore weapon, six of 3.8 type live bullets, twelve bullets for 12-bore weapons and 36 grammes of Ganja in the jeep, the spokesman said.

A pedestrian was killed while the Hambantota District MP and two others were injured and hospitalized after their jeep collided head-on with a SLTB bus this morning. The accident had occurred at around 3.25am near the 207km Post in Wadiyagala, Hungama.

The SLTB bus was traveling towards Colombo from Kataragama while the MP’s jeep was en route to Tangalle from Hungama. A 39-year-old pedestrian, who was waiting for a bus, was injured from the collision and succumbed to injuries after being admitted to the Tangalle Hospital. The three passengers of the jeep, including Wedaarachchi, are also being treated at the Tanagalle Hospital.

Weapons,ganja found in MP Wedaarachchi jeep TUESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2012

Two weapons, ammunition and Ganja were found by the police in the jeep in which UNP MP Dilip Wedaarachchi travelled and met with an accident in Ranna this morning, the police said.

Police Spokesman SSP Prasantha Jayakodi said the driver of the jeep was taken into the police custody.

Police found one revolver, a 12-bore weapon, six of 3.8 type live bullets, twelve bullets for 12-bore weapons and 36 grammes of Ganja in the jeep, the spokesman said.