Traffic cop snatches pedestrian’s gold chain

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The Colombo Chief Magistrate remanded a traffic police constable of the Slave Island Police till August 19 for allegedly snatching a gold chain and a gold pendant of a pedestrian at Ward Place Colombo 7.

The Cinnamon Gardens Police produced the suspect Wellage Roshan Indunil Silva of the Traffic Police of Slave Island and complained to the Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli that the suspect had snatched the gold chain and a gold pendent worth Rs.90,000, from its owner Rajapaksa Pathiranalage Somanayake Manjula of Pasgammana Buthpitiya Weliveriya on August 16 at Ward Place, Colombo.

The police said at the time of the incident the victim had visited a patient at the General Hospital. After the visit the victim had was at the Ward Place bus stand and the suspect had snatched the gold chain and pendent that the complainant wore and fled away. When the victim raised cries bystanders had chased the suspect and apprehended him.

The suspect had produced his police identity card, threatened the bystanders and defied capture. However, he was later handed over to the Cinnamon Gardens Police. On producing him in court the magistrate remanded him till August 19. (T. Farook Thajudeen)

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