The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of Sri Lanka Police has taken steps to freeze assets—including a plot of land and a two-story house valued at Rs. 44.5 million—that were revealed to have been purchased using proceeds from drug trafficking.
Accordingly, a ban has been imposed on any transactions involving the said property for a period of 14 working days, effective from today (02).
These facts came to light during an investigation conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Ranasinghe Arachchige Saman Kumara (also known as 'Ada') and his wife, Thotawatta Batage Sangeetha Priyadarshani.
Further investigations revealed that a 24.80-perch plot of land in the Pahala Kaduneriya area was purchased for Rs. 9.5 million in Sangeetha Priyadarshani's name, and a two-story house was subsequently constructed on the site at a cost of approximately Rs. 35 million.
Therefore, in accordance with Section 7(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act No. 5 of 2006 (as amended by Act No. 16 of 2026 and Act No. 40 of 2011), measures have been taken to suspend—for a period of 14 working days commencing today (02)—any further transactions involving the relevant property.
