Army soldiers in novel robbery : police ambush them on A 9 road

(Lanka-e-New- 19.Oct.2015, 3.20AM) 8 army soldiers who were removing the advertisement hoardings along both sides of Jaffna A 9 road to be sold as scrap iron were arrested by the Chavakachcheri police on the 17 th  , and produced before the Chavakachcheri district  judge.

Following a complaint received by the Chavakachcheri police that the hoardings are going missing , the police officers have been lying in ambush in the night to apprehend the culprits . When the 8 army soldiers arrived in a vehicle and were removing the hoardings to use them as scrap iron , they were arrested, police media spokesman ‘s office revealed.

The suspects are soldiers belonging  to the sixth signal regiment , Jaffna . After they were produced before the Chavakachcheri district judge , they were enlarged on personal bails in sums of Rs. 50,000.00 each. They were ordered to be present in court on the 29 th of November – the next date of trial.

By Dinasena Rathugamage from Vavuniya
Translated  by Jeff

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