Police nab bogus police officer

By H.M.Dharmapala and Kusal Chamath   

A man posing as a police officer was arrested by Mount Lavinia Police during a raid carried out in Attidiya. The police, on suspicion checked the man to find that he was wearing a helmet similar to  police helmets and that the numberplate of his  motorcycle was a fake. Police said the suspect had in his possession 1400 ml.grams of heroin at the time of arrest.  The 34- year- old suspect was a resident of Dampe in Piliyandala and a father of two children. Investigations revealed that he had been carrying on with the racket for a long time posing as a police officer. Under interrogation he revealed his involvement in highway robberies in the Dehiwala, Nedimala, Bellanwila, Attidiya, Ratmalana and Moratuwa areas. Police said the suspect had checked motorcycle and bicycle riders including pedestrians and had robbed them of  their cash and jewellery.  

OIC Mount Lavinia Crime Investigations Branch IP Nalaka Alahakoon, SI Madahawa Ratnayake, Sergeant 38148 Siriwardene, 12932 Sampath, PCs84587 Munasinghe, 69679 Wijebandara, 29357 Dissanayake, 29425 Sandaruwan, 86614 Tharinda, 73305 Krishantha and 94934 Rodrigo carried out the raid on the instructions of HQI Mount Lavinia Police Dileepa C.Peiris.