By R.A.S. Premathilake
Wadduwa Police on Wednesday evening arrested a youth who had produced an airgun by watching YouTube videos.The airgun was four feet in length, the police said.
The suspect is a 28-year-old resident of Thalpitiya, Wadduwa. The suspect had also crafted a scope for the air gun, the police said.
The suspect had been trying to make the airgun more powerful, the police said.He has also been shooting cats with the weapon, Wadduwa police said.
The man was arrested on the instructions of SDIG Deshabandu Tennakoon, DIG Sarath Sandanayaka, SSP Samantha Wedage, ASPs Nishantha Senarathne and Jayanetti. Wadduwa OIC CI Chaminda Kumara, IP Terney Jansz and SI NIssanka led the raid.