Police nab a person who issued fake sand transport licenses

- Mar 05, 2016

The Hungama police yesterday 4th have nabbed a 52 year old person from the Kottawa Bangalawatta area who have printed fake sand transport licenses and sold each for Rs. 4000 to illegal sand racketeers. The person has been caught with 44 fake sand transport licenses, 106 official stamps, a computer, printing machine with special printing papers.

On the 3rd of this month when a when a police constable 4448 attached to the Hungama police during his duty has inspected a tipper transporting sand, had a doubt of its license and while questioning got revealed about a person from Kottawa who print fake license and sell.
 
Under the instruction of the Tangalle ASP Sudathmasinghe with the OIC of the Hungama police P. Chadrasena and his police team has deployed a police constable as fake sand racketeer and sent to this illegal printer and made him agree to print 20 transport licenses.
 
Later on the 4th morning while collecting the fake licenses the police has arrested him along with the fake licenses at the Kottawa area.
When questioning the suspect he has said he is operating this racket for the last so many years and he has forgotten how many fake licenses he has issued. The suspect has said according to the buyer’s demand he has printed these licenses and sold them to buyers from the Kottawa and Embilipitiya area. The suspect would be produced to the Angunukolapelessa courts.
 
Meantime official licenses for sand transport are issued by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau by paying Rs. 50,000 monthly for the government but this suspect has sold a monthly sand license for Rs. 4000. He has sold these licenses to Rathnapura,
 
Hambanthota, Ambalanthota, Puttalam, Angunukolapelessa, Badulla, Batticaloa, Tricomalee and Monaragala areas. Due to this illegal racket the government has incurred a large loss and due to this, unqualified people also have bought this and indulged in this illegal racket. When inquired from ASP Tangalle Sudathmasinghe, he said the police would question the suspect and nab all the sand racketeers who bought this fake license and produce them before the law.
 
The investigations and the raid was conducted by the instructions of DIG Hambanthota Sumith Edirisinghe, under the supervision of SSP Tangalle Dhanapala, planned by the ASP Tangalle Sudath Masinghe and conducted by the OIC of the Hungama police and his team.