Police Sargeant nabbed while driving with heroin trafficker

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The Bandaragama Police have arrested a sergeant attached to the Kollupitiya Police Tourist Division along with three other persons, including a heroin trafficker for travelling in a car without curfew passes.

Police said a car travelling from Galle towards Panadura was stopped and searched when it exited the Galanigama interchange yesterday evening.

The police Sergeant, a resident of Panadura and three other persons in the car were later produced before the Bandaragama Police on charges of violating quarantine curfew.

Further investigation revealed that the Sergeant has rented the car from a cab service in Bandaragama area after producing his ID card.

Police said a large scale heroin trafficker, a 32-year-old Kasun Pushpa Kumara alias ‘Karawalaya' was also among those arrested.

It has been revealed that ‘Karawalaya’ was transporting heroin in a large scale from Panadura to Galle, Midigama, Weligama, Kalutara and Waduwa with the assistance the police Sergeant.

Kasun Pushpa Kumara alias Karawalaya was arrested in Galle and Panaduwa in an earlier ocassion and is on bail over heroin trafficking charges.

It was reported that the Sergeant is a driver of a high ranking officer in a special division of the police headquarters. He has been in contact with heroin traffickers for a long time and had been assisting them using his uniform and identity card.

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Comments - 6

Gunther Monday, 09 November 2020 11:34 AM

Nice police seargents we have...

BuffaloaCitizen Monday, 09 November 2020 12:02 PM

Check the High Ranking Police Officer of this driver. In Sri Lanka, all illegal activities take place with full support of Government entities.

mal kakulu Monday, 09 November 2020 12:04 PM

take these rouge cops too to find hidden weapons too Mr Def Sec

Jacob Monday, 09 November 2020 12:09 PM

Forward this news to the Judge who had ordered bail for that drug trafficker

roni Monday, 09 November 2020 12:27 PM

This Sergeant, must be in the Rank of Hora Police, no wonder such persons build castles as houses and not homes.

Noel Monday, 09 November 2020 06:54 PM

What do you expect from a country that allows convicted criminals to \attend sessions at the Parliament.

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