{"id":98549,"date":"2024-08-01T14:07:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98549\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"sri-lankas-drug-trafficker-arrested-in-belarus-reports","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98549\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s drug trafficker arrested in Belarus &#8211; reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1126\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1128-shri-lanka-adaderana.lk_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1128-shri-lanka-adaderana.lk_.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1128-shri-lanka-adaderana.lk_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1128-shri-lanka-adaderana.lk_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1128-shri-lanka-adaderana.lk_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1128-shri-lanka-adaderana.lk_-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(adaderana.lk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Sujeewa Ruwankumara known as Loku Patty, suspected of involvement in a shooting in Sri Lanka&#8217;s Athurugiriya on July 8, was arrested by Belarusian security forces, <em>Adedarana<\/em> reported, citing local police sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report described him as &#8220;an organized criminal and a large-scale drug trafficker.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shooting occurred during the opening ceremony of a tattoo and piercing studio, killing two and injuring four, including popular singer K. 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