Ex-UNP councilor remanded in forgery case

By J. Jayasinghe and Kapila Somaratne, Panadura Group Cor.

A mastermind of forged currency notes was taken in for questioning following a raid in Panadura.

CID sleuths busted a forged local currency printing operation when they raided a house at Keselwatte, Panadura and arrested a former politician and a Justice of the Peace who had masterminded the operation for some time.

The suspect was the Ex. UNP Councillor of the Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha who was taken into custody following the raid. The suspect was later produced before the acting Magistrate Panadura who remanded him till July 30.

Police said several forged Rs. 1,000 currency notes were recovered from his residence along with a computer and other accessories allegedly used for the printing. It was subsequently revealed that the suspect had printed forged currency notes for some time. Meanwhile the CID have alerted banks and other business establishments to be on the look out for forged Rs. 1,000 denomination notes.

The public is advised to contact the CID on 2447319 if they come across any forged currency notes.