Couple arrested for handling financial transactions of Kudu Anju! 

The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a man and his wife for handling financial transactions of Ratmalane Kudu Anju, who is hiding in Dubai, along with a sum of Rs.1.4 million at a luxurious two-storey house at Oruwala in Athurugiriya.

The arrested 32 year old man is a cousin of Kudu Anju. The wife is 26 years old.

The suspects have been living in Ratmalana and at Athurugiriya Millennium City Housing Complex initially, and then have moved into a two-storey house at Field Garden, Oruwala in Athurugiriya due to safety.

According to the instructions of Anju, the couple has collected money from the drug dealers in a three-wheeler at the beginning and then in a luxury car given by Anju.

Investigations revealed that the suspected wife was involved in counting money earned from selling drugs.

The suspected husband and wife were arrested with 25 grams of ice drug in Athurugiriya on June 3, 2021, while the suspected husband had been arrested with a T-56 firearm and live ammunition in 2020 in connection with a shooting in Ratmalana.