Two men on a motorbike got away with Rs 450, 000 in cash after assaulting a wholesale vegetable seller and his assistant at Watawala early this morning (1).
The men had blocked the path of the truck carrying the vegetable seller and his assistant on the road at about 12.30am while they were returning from Veyangoda back to Nuwara-Eliya via Hatton. The two men had then attacked the occupants of the truck before fleeing with the cash.
Watawala Police are investigating.
Pic by G. Krishanthan
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