Excise Inspector arrested with Ethanol

By. Sumanasiri Gunatileka  

An Excise Inspector attached to the brewery of Ethimale Sugar Factory was arrested by Monaragala police on suspicion of illegally transporting 135 litres of Ethanol in his car to Matara.  

The officers of the Police check point in Monaragala had stopped and checked the car on suspicion and found the Ethanol. The suspect had produced a permit at the time of the arrest. However investigations revealed that it was a forged document. The 59 year old suspects was a resident of Matara. During investigations the police had seized the Ethanol and the car. The suspect was to be produced before the Monaragala magistrate yesterday.A police team under OIC of the Monaragala Police post  SI Thilakasiri had carried out the raid on the instructions of HQI Monaragala Police P.S.Chaminda Sanjeewa.