Five years’ RI for ‘Wele Suda’s’ sister-in-law for money laundering

A sister-in-law of drug kingpin Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias ‘Wele Suda’, who was charged under the Money Laundering Act for keeping an undisclosed amount of nearly Rs.14 million in her bank account, was yesterday sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court.

When the case was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Amal Ranaraja, President’s Counsel Shavendra Fernando appearing for the accused informed the court that his client is expected to plead guilty to the allegation and sought from the court to impose suspended imprisonment against her.

Following the guilty plea by the accused, Colombo High Court Judge Ranaraja sentenced her to five years’ rigorous imprisonment.

The sentence was read out to the accused in open court by Mudliyar Sulaiman Yazeer.

The Attorney General had filed an indictment in the High Court against Piliduwa Bogahawaththa Chandima Dilhani under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act No. 05 of 2006 as amended by No. 04 of 2011, for keeping an undisclosed amount of Rs. 13,968,802.66 which was suspected to be obtained from trafficking heroin, in her account between December 01, 2010 and May 01, 2014.

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