Ruwan Chamila Prasanna alias Dematagoda Ruwan who was recently taken into custody over the illegal acquisition of assets, has been further remanded until November 19.
When the matter was taken up before Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala, State Counsel Hansa Abeyratne said that the Police had seized eight luxury vehicles purchased under the names of his 26-year-old son and several others.
One-and-a-half kilos of gold jewellery seized from Ruwan’s residence, was referred to the National Gem and Jewellery Authority for valuation, he said. According to the State Counsel, the investigations are moving forward based on information discreetly gathered, and divulged by four suspects in remand custody in connection with drug dealing.
Ruwan was arrested on October 29 by the Illegal Assets and Property Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The CID officers seized several luxury vehicles valued at hundreds of millions of rupees and 1.5 kilograms of gold that Ruwan had purchased with the money earned from drug dealing. Reportedly, the suspect had a Range Rover valued at Rs. 70 million, a Prado SUV at Rs. 30 million and two new BMW cars valued at Rs. 33 million and Rs. 48 million.
According to investigators, the suspect had smuggled almost 1,000 kilograms of narcotics into the country from India since 2011, across the international maritime border and that he had distributed the contraband in Mattakkuliya and Dematagoda.