National Police Commission Secretary, Saman Dissanayake has been arrested a short while ago (18) by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

Dissanayake who was arrested for being connected to the Avant-Garde floating armoury case was reportedly arrested from the Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Dissanayake, in anticipation of being arrested in relation to the Avant-Garde case, had requested the court to grant him anticipatory bail which was rejected yesterday (17) by Fort Magistrate, Justice Ranga Dissanayake.