Rent-a-car serves robbers
by Jayampathy Jayasinghe
Aluthgama police have launched a manhunt for the arrest of a
three-member gang responsible for a spate of robberies in Moratuwa,
Panadura , Kurunegala and other areas following the arrest of two
persons at a road check point in Moratuwa area last week.
OIC Crimes Aluthgama Police, Inspector Udayakumara said the two
persons arrested at Moratuwa were travelling in a vehicle which they had
hired from a "rent-a-car" service at Kurunegala. Earlier they had robbed
two houses at Aluthgama and got away with cash, jewellery, and cellular
mobile phones worth more than Rs. 200,000 after threatening to shoot the
inmates.
Meanwhile, Gokorella Police said the two men along with other members
of the gang had robbed a liquor shop at Gokorella and got away with Rs
82,000 recently. Meanwhile police have warned rent-a car services to
check the credentials of persons who call over to hire vehicles. Many
robberies in the past have been committed with such vehicles, police
said. |