Sri Lanka Police took into custody several illegal firearms from across the island last weekend.

Based on a tip-off received, a raid was carried out by a team of officers from the Elpitiya Police Station in the Mandakanda area of the Elpitiya Police Division, reports indicate.

A suspect was arrested with a revolver-type firearm capable of firing T-56 ammunition and three rounds of T-56 ammunition. The arrested suspect is a 44-year-old resident of the Mandakanda area in Karandeniya.

Based on another tip-off, a raid conducted in the Kolladeniya area of the Dambagalla Police Division by officers from the Dambagalla Police Station resulted in the arrest of a suspect with a locally manufactured firearm. The arrested suspect is a 30-year-old resident of the Gangodagama area in Uva.

A team of officers from the Ulukkulam Police Station conducted a raid in the Pawakkulama area of the Ulukkulam Police Division based on a tip-off and arrested two suspects with two locally manufactured firearms. The arrested suspects are 27 and 32 years old, residents of the Pawakkulama area.

Another suspect was arrested with a locally manufactured firearm during a raid in the Gallegoda area of the Kotawehera Police Division, based on a tip-off received by a team of Kotawehera Police officers. The arrested suspect is a 56-year-old resident of the Gallegoda area.

A 9mm firearm and 9mm ammunition were also found hidden in a bush near an electrical transmission tower near Suwatha Uyana in Eldeniya.  

Kadawatha Police are conducting further investigations to apprehend the suspects who hid the weapon at this location.