Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Further details have emerged regarding the police shooting of a van that defied orders in the Asgiriya area of Gampaha last night (12).

Police stated that the operation was carried out by a team from the Weliweriya Police Station, following intelligence provided by the Western Province Intelligence Division that drugs were being distributed in the Gampaha area using a van.

Upon confirming that the suspect vehicle was travelling towards Udugampola, officers followed the van in a police jeep.

Unaware that he was being tailed, the driver stopped the van near Malwatta Junction on the Udugampola Road. When police officers stepped out of their jeep to inspect the vehicle, the driver suddenly drove back and forth severa...