Two Aava gang members were arrested in the Chunnakkam area on September 27 and produced before the Mallakam Courts which ordered that they be remanded until October 8.
“Police had also recovered three swords and six machetes that are believed to have been used by the suspects,” Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.
Police have launched a special operation to arrest the Aava gang members in the North and according to the Police Spokesman, there are around 35 Aava gang members in Police custody at present.They have been taken before courts.
Based on information given to a Police Mobile Unit on September 30, the Police had approached the location of a clash between gangs and arrested three suspects, who were later identified as Aava gang members. They have been identified as Gnanasekaran Gnanushan, a 23-year-old resident of Kaithady, Kumaraswamy Sarujan alias Yellowmast, a 23-year-old resident of Jaffna and 22-year-old Sabharatnam Pahidaran, a resident of Chavakachcheri.
Police had recovered a Rambo knife, sword and the motorcycle they had used. Meanwhile, the Police have identified several other gang members and investigations are underway for their arrest.
Meanwhile, the Police had also received information that a stock of weapons used by the Aava gang were being stored in a house. Upon examining this house, the Police had recovered two machetes and an axe.
The Police Spokesman noted that an operation is underway in the North under the Jaffna Senior DIG to apprehend these gang members on the directive of IGP Pujith Jayasundara.
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