Police say that 02 female suspects have been arrested from the Rathgama area for allegedly aiding and abetting suspects involved in the recent shooting incident in Beliatta.
The two women, aged 23 and 33, are residents of Boossa, and were arrested following an operation carried out by a team of officers from the Hakmana Police Station in the Rathgama area yesterday morning (29).
Investigations have uncovered that the two firearms used in the shooting incident had been transported from Karapitiya to Boossa in a motorcycle belonging to one of these suspects after the crime was committed.
Further investigations are underway.