Kalmunai police raided the house on a tip-off and recovered a T-56, a magazine and 15 ammunition along with a locally made revolver (galkatas).
The suspect who was at a nearby boutique during the police raid had immediately fled the scene. The police arrested the suspect's wife along with the weapons.
HQI Kalmunai, W. C. Wijethilake told the Daily Mirror that investigations led to believe that the suspect was allegedly wanted for over 30 murders committed since 1990 in the Eastern range.
It was believed that the suspect was a member of an Islamic extremist group that had killed a number of people in the face of punishing them for ill behaviour for the sake of religion.
However, this group had reportedly turned to be a typical criminal gang lately, and had carried out a number of robberies and other severe law-breaking incidents.
Meanwhile, Kalmunai police raided another house in Sainthamaruthu, believed to be of a friend of the suspect and recovered a large portion of ganja in the possession of the second suspect's father.
However, the second suspect was also not at home at the time of the raid, the police said. Police recovered 43 kg of ganja worth over Rs. 300,000.
The first suspect's wife and second suspect's father will be produced before the Ampara Magistrate today. Kalmunai police are continuing further investigations.
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/2004/09/16/news/08.asp)
