A port worker and a businessman who bought the keys have been arrested for allegedly stealing and promoting the ‘sensible keys’ of automobiles imported into Sri Lanka by means of the Hambantota Port.
The 2 suspects have been produced earlier than the Hambantota Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom yesterday (11), the place an order was issued remanding them till the twenty second.
Throughout a prolonged investigation by the Hambantota Port safety division into the disappearance of the ‘sensible keys’, suspicion fell on a port worker.
The worker was taken into the custody of safety officers and handed over to the Hambantota Port Police for additional investigations.
Interrogations of the port worker have revealed that he had allegedly stolen the sensible keys and offered them to a businessman within the Kurunegala space at various costs, ranging from Rs. 6,000, relying on the kind of automobile.
Police investigations have revealed that the suspect had offered round 45 sensible keys over a interval of a number of months, incomes greater than Rs. 1.5 million.
Based mostly on an announcement offered by the arrested port worker, police additionally arrested the related businessman within the Kurunegala space. He has admitted to buying the sensible keys.
The related sensible keys present in his possession have been taken into police custody. Investigations performed by the port safety division and police have revealed that the racket had been going down since automobiles started being imported by means of the Hambantota Port.
Investigations into the incident are being performed by the Prison Investigation Division on the directions of Hambantota Port Police OIC, Police Inspector Ajith Priyantha.
