North Division) arrested over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 180,000/- The Commission’s Investigation Officers arrested a Police Constable and a Constable driver of the Police Crime Division on 9 th July 2025 for accepting a bribe of Rs. 180,000 from a three-wheeler driver. The arrest was made based on a complaint lodged by the three-wheeler driver. 

According to him, the police officers accused him of smuggling drugs and searched his residence on 7 th July. While falsely claiming to find 50 grams of drugs, they solicited a bribe of Rs. 500,000 to refrain from taking legal action.

The bribe amount was later reduced to Rs. 200,000, and they accepted Rs. 20,000 at that time. The complaint was made at this point, and while investigations were ongoing, the police officers solicited the remaining Rs. 180,000 to return his wife’s passport, which they had taken as security. The arrest was made in front of the Sathosa sales outlet, Ragama, while accepting the remaining Rs. 180,000.