Saturday, September 28, 2019

FCID HAD ARRESTED TWO FORMER CUSTOM DIRECTORS OVER RELEASING GOLD

Police Financial Crimes Investigation
Division( FCID) had yesterday  (27)arrested the former Customs Director General Jagath Wijeweera and Foemer Additional Customs Director General Tharaka Dissanayake over releasing a stock of confiscated Gold weighing 8 Kilo Grammes for building a "Samadhi Buddha Statue during previous regime.

Accordingly the two suspects had been arrested over releasing the stock of confiscated Gold kept under the custody  Customs  to create a Buddha Statue to place in the "Sanda Hiru Saya" at Anuradhapura on the charges of breach of Trust  .

However the two suspects had managed to admitted to  two Hospitals citing sudden illness before their arrests  it has been revealed. Former Customs Director General Jagath Wijeweera and Former Additional Customs Director Genreal Tharaka Dissanayake are currently receiving teatment at Jayawardanapura Teaching and Badulla General Hospitals respectively under the police protection.

Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake has recently ordered to a rrest  the two suspects  over the charges.

FCID is due to inform the Colombo Chief Magistrate over the arrests of two Former officers  today  (28).


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