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Air Force personnel attached to Presidential security arrested with explosives

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Vellawali Police arrested two individuals, including an Air Force personnel, in an Air Force Jeep assigned to the Presidential Secretariat, carrying a stock of explosive materials.

The suspects were arrested on Monday, the police said.

The Air Force personnel, 34, is attached to the Presidential Security Unit, and the other suspect is a 60-year-old man from Kelaniya.

During the investigation, it was revealed that the stock of explosive materials was brought with the intention of using it to explode a rock in search of treasure, the police said.

The suspects would be presented before the Kaluwanchikudy Magistrate’s Court, the police added.

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