STF nabs robber gang stealing mobile vendors’ mobikes posing as cops

31 August 2021 12:00 am Views - 99

• Several motorcycles had been stolen during the past few days
• The 42-year-old suspect, a resident of Ganemulla was handed over to the Kadawatha Police Station for further investigations

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya 

 The Special Task Force of Police (STF) have uncovered a gang that was engaged in modus operandi to steal motorcycles of those engaged in mobile delivery  services posing as policemen during the curfew period.
 The STF arrested a suspect in Kadawatha following a complaint lodged at the Kadawatha Police Station over the theft of a motorcycle by a gang claiming to be policemen. 

  Further investigations revealed that several motorcycles had been stolen in the area in the past few days by suspects posing themselves as policemen.  

 The 42-year-old suspect, a resident of Ganemulla was handed over to the Kadawatha Police Station for further investigations.