Two Malaysians arrested with Rs. 5 mn worth Whisky bottles

21 August 2014 06:50 am

Two Malaysians were arrested yesterday by the CID for allegedly buying five bottles of whisky worth Rs. 4,860, 000 from several five star hotels in Colombo using fake credit cards, police said.

They said a 30-year-old man and a woman aged 23 were arrested while they were staying at a five star hotel in Colombo.

Police have found five whisky bottles which cost Rs. 9 72,000 each and 25 fake credit cards at the time of the arrest.

The suspects were  produced in the Colombo Magistrate Courts today and remanded until September 3. (AS)