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SI and PCs arrested for Rs. 20 million conch shell snatch
View(s):Hikkaduwa police said an SI and three PCs were arrested for allegedly snatching a conch shell from group of persons who intended selling it a foreigner in the Hikkaduwa area.
Pix by D.G. Sugathapala.
The police personnel arrested were attached to the Hikkaduwa police.
The three persons from Dompe, together with a broker in the Seenigama area had brought the shell, to be sold to a foreigner for a sum of Rs 20 million.
The conch shell was snatched while they were in discussion with the broker.
The victims had subsequently called the police 119 emergency line.
Acting on the complaint ASP Sathis Gamage had commenced inquiries and found details of police personnel who had been on duty in the Hikkaduwa area the previous day.
The ASP had then contacted the SI involved in the incident and in turn had been promised a portion of the loot as reward once the conch shell was sold.
The ASP in turn had invited the SI and the three PCs to come over to his office. On arrival all four were arrested.
The suspects were to be produced before a Magistrate last evening.
