COMPUTER THEFT SUSPECTS IN POLICE BAG
Six suspects were taken into custody in connection with the theft of computer accessories from a showroom in Matugama town. The chief suspect had broken open a window and entered the showroom and taken away the computer accessories.
During investigations police arrested this suspect who provided information leading to the arrest of the trishaw driver who transported the stolen goods and four others who purchased them. The main suspect was a resident of Kevitiyagala in
The main suspect provided information leading to the arrest of the trishaw driver and four others involved in the heist
Polgampola in the Matugama police area.
Police said the main suspect had packed the computer accessories in gunny bags and transported them in several trips to a house where he hid them until they were sold.
The trishaw driver stated that the suspect hired the trishaw claiming that he wanted to transport some goods received from a relative abroad.
The individuals who purchased the stolen goods cheaply were from Polgampola, Kitulgoda, Neboda and Migahathenna. A police team in civvies carried out the raid and arrested the suspect on information received from an individual who came to know about the secret transactions.
A police t eam under OIC Crime Investigations Branch Ravindra Pushpakumara, and SI Upendra Jayalath conducted investigations on t he instructions of HQI Matugama Nandasena Ratnapura and ASP Sunil Piyaratne.