Naufer Moulavi and co-defendant Mohamed Ibrahim Saadiq have each been sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment after pleading guilty to four charges in the Wanathawilluwa explosives case.

The Colombo Special Trial-at-Bar imposed prison terms totalling 48 years on each defendant, to run concurrently, resulting in an effective sentence of 12 years.

The case relates to the discovery of firearms, live ammunition, detonators and other explosives-related materials at the Lactowatta estate in Wanathawilluwa in 2018.