Suspected Drug Dealer with Powerful Political Connection Arrested
Acting on a tip-off, notorious drug peddler Nuwan Udaya Gunathilake alias Kudu Nuwan with political connections was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) yesterday afternoon at Meetotamulla.
The Police Media Unit said that he had been arrested along with 300 grammes of heroin in his possession. Police sources said that he would be grilled on a seven-day detention order. He was also a wanted suspect for rape and murder.
Nuwan being removed by the police following an incident at the Rupavahini Corporation, where he came under attack by irate workers while accompanying Minister Mervyn Silva in December, 2007
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