Sri Lanka, April 16 -- Sri Lanka Police has issued a statement regarding the arrest of former Member of Parliament Chandana Kathriarachchi by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).

It said that acting on received information by the CCD, officers obtained a search warrant and carried out a raid at the ex-MP's residence in Mampe, within the Piliyandala Police Division, this morning (16).

During the search, officers recovered a cache of weapons, including a live hand grenade, two T-56 magazines, 221 rounds of T-56 live ammunition, 103 rounds of 0.22 calibre ammunition, 31 rounds of 84S calibre live ammunition, and a 12-bore firearm issued for a cultivated land belonging to the former MP, the statement said.

The suspect is scheduled to be prod...