Firearms found in SUV [May 12 2013]

A sports utility vehicle, along with two locally manufactured firearms found inside it, was taken into custody by Bandarawela Police today. Earlier, the police has ordered the suspicious vehicle to stop at a checkpoint in Punagala last night but the driver had fled without stopping.

The vehicle was later tracked down and discovered in the Punagala Estate area in Bandarawela while the two firearms were found inside it. The police, which had traced several documents

Investigations are underway to arrest the suspect according to several documents found inside the vehicle, Bandarawela Police said.