Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Four accomplice­s of Gonakovila Roha arrested with ammo

- BY DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA AND H. M. DHARMAPALA

Four accomplice­s of underworld figure Devamuni Rohana Harold de Silva alias ‘Gonakovila Roha’ have been arrested by the STF during a raid at Mount Lavinia on Saturday night.

The STF recovered 255 rounds of T-56 ammunition and 7 rounds of 8 mm and 9 mm ammunition from the suspects’ possession.

Gangster ‘Gonakovil Sudda’ and three others aged between 28 and 44, residents of Moratuwa and Ratmalana were handed over to the Mount Lavinia Police for further investigat­ions.

‘Gonakovil Roha’, who was planning to flee to India, was killed in a shootout with police in the Kochchikad­e area in Negombo last month.

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