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Police arrest former soldier in grisly plot to behead drug informant
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a 35-year-old former soldier accused of plotting a gruesome retaliatory murder against an undercover informant
Summary
To execute the bust, police had utilized a relative of a local officer as an undercover informant. The arrested gunman confessed that the plan involved abducting the informant from his home using a vehicle modified to resemble a police jeep. Authorities stated that investigations are ongoing.
What this story is about
People
- Angoda Priyankara2
- Rohan Olugala
- Sri Lankan
Organisations
- Western Province North Crimes Division2
- Kirinda-Andagala Wella2
- Sri Lanka Army2
- Yakkalamulla
- ASP Olugala
Places
- ASP Rohan Olugala
- Yakkalamulla
- Priyankara
- Kirinda
- Galle
Keywords
- undercover2
- informant2
- police2
- gruesome
- soldier
- arrest
- behead
- former
- grisly
- linked
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