Avant Garde Operations Manager arrested

The Criminal Investigations Department of Sri Lanka Police on Thursday arrested a retired Lieutenant of the Sri Lanka Navy, who had served as the Operations Manager of the Avant Garde Floating Armory.

The CID this morning arrested Milleniye Samudra Nilupul De Costa, a resident of Wanawasala Kelaniya, in connection with the investigations being carried out by the CID on the vessel MV Avant Garde, which was taken into custody by the Navy in 2015.

The MV Avant Garde ship belonging to the private maritime security firm Avant Garde was seized when it docked at the Galle Harbor for carrying a stock of unauthorized firearms.