A police team is excavating several places in a land belonging to a former security officer of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, police sources said.

Accordingly, the land in Weeraketiya belonging to Major Neville Wanniarachchi is being searched by a team of CID officials.

He is among one of the three former security officers of Rajapaksa who are being investigated for alleged money laundering.

The CID recently obtained a Magisterial order to call for bank details of the three.