Two arrested with cache of firearms and ammunition

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The police seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition yesterday hidden in a house in Beruwela and arrested two people.

The Kalutara Police Division law enforcement unit has seized 13 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the house of a businessman in the Beruwela area.

On information received by Kalutara District DIG Ranmal Kodituwakku, a car was inspected by police officers stationed along the Baduruliya-Kalawana road at Labudola Junction.

During the inspection, police found a stock of moose meat being transported without the necessary licences and arrested the two people in the car.

During interrogation of the two suspects following their arrest, the police had learned about the weapons hidden in the house in Beruwela.

Accordingly, when police searched the house they found six 12-bore shotguns, one 2.5 mm firearm, an air rifle, a firearm used by the security forces, an archery weapon and several other weapons.

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