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Two Sri Lankan Police Officers Arrested for Allegedly Accepting Bribe
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Two Sri Lankan Police Officers Arrested for Allegedly Accepting Bribe

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Two police officers from the Saindamarudu police station in Sri Lanka were arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe.
  • The officers reportedly solicited 20,000 Sri Lankan rupees.
  • The bribe was allegedly in exchange for not filing a report related to a heroin possession case.

Two police officers attached to the Saindamarudu police station in Sri Lanka have been arrested by the Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission for allegedly accepting a bribe of 20,000 Sri Lankan rupees. The arrested officers include a police inspector and a police constable.

The incident reportedly occurred in connection with a case where a suspect was apprehended on August 14 for possessing 70 milligrams of heroin. The suspect was scheduled to be produced in court on August 15. According to reports, the acting station commander, who is also a police inspector, agreed to present the case to the court solely through a charge sheet, omitting a 'B report' detailing the heroin possession.

In exchange for this arrangement, the police inspector allegedly demanded 20,000 Sri Lankan rupees from the suspect. The Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission's intervention led to the arrest of the two officers involved in the alleged bribery scheme.

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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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