Sri Lanka, Sept. 11 -- Police in Sri Lanka have arrested two individuals in connection with two separate shooting incidents.

One suspect was apprehended by the Western Province South Crimes Division in Attidiya last night.

The 22-year-old from Mount Lavinia is believed to have been the driver of a three-wheeler used in the fatal shooting of a person on Malani Bulathsinhala Mawatha in Boralesgamuwa on August 24.

In a separate operation, the Police Special Task Force Intelligence Unit arrested a 17-year-old from Buthpitiya in Ragama.

He is linked to a shooting in Borella's Seewalipura area on August 22.

Police state the teenager is an associate of an organised crime figure and drug trafficker.

Both suspects have been handed over to th...