An army deserter is alleged to have led a 15-member gang that raided a huge construction site at Kurunegala on Thursday and got away with expensive telephone cable wire worth Rs. two million, police said.
They said the army deserter was arrested 24 hours after the heist and some half the loot has already been recovered from a safe house in the Kurunegala district.
The gang is alleged to have raided the place late at night and got away after tying up the workers and security that were on duty.
The Kurunegala police are conducting further investigations.
ST
They said the army deserter was arrested 24 hours after the heist and some half the loot has already been recovered from a safe house in the Kurunegala district.
The gang is alleged to have raided the place late at night and got away after tying up the workers and security that were on duty.
The Kurunegala police are conducting further investigations.
ST
