Police Under the Guise of Searching Robbed & Got Arrested

A theft had occurred while certain saleable  items, belonging to Western Provincial Council Member,  Royce Fernando  were being transported to Colombo by two of his employees .

 Police investigation had disclosed,  that the items were stolen by eight individuals, which  included three police officers, who  under the guise of searching the vehicle transporting them .

Three more police constables have been arrested  based on a jewellery theft, for which a police IP, SI and four others were earlier arrested, police said.

The suspects have been charged with stealing a stock of lightning conductors and gold jewellery worth Rs 550,000.