Law & Order
Gayan Kumara Weerasinghe
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Four persons including two women were arrested on Wednesday (5), by the Kantale Division Criminal Investigation Bureau while taking 389 pieces of gold-plated iron to sell to a person in Ampara claiming they were gold coins taken from a treasure.
These four suspects are residents of Polonnaruwa.Police said that there was an individual among them who had left the army as well. According to the police, this person has similar cases pending against him for fraud. During investigations it has been revealed that the other person is alleged to have sold ‘Sookiri’ pieces that had been coloured as gem stones.
Police said that the two women who were arrested are sisters and that one was the wife of a suspect as well. Suspects have said during questioning that these fake gold coins were being taken to be sold to a person residing in Ampara for Rs.200,000. A senior police officer said it is not credible to say that these people were taking these coins to sell them for only Rs.200,000 and the investigation shows that they were preparing to cheat them for a much larger amount.
Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau officers arrested the four suspects on the Habarana- Kantale road while they were traveling from Polonnaruwa to Ampara.
The raid had been carried out by officers of the Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau according to information received by a sergeant of the Morawewa Police.The four suspects were scheduled to appear before the Kantale Magistrate’s Court.
Friday, April 7, 2023 – 01:00
