Police Sergeant arrested on allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 150,000/= (hundred and fifty thousand)

Based on a complaint made by a resident in Uswetakeiyawa, Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested a Police Sergeant attached to Mahabage Police Traffic Division at 2.42 p.m. on 02.08.2024 on allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 150,000/= (hundred and fifty thousand rupees). According to the complainant, the Sergeant has told him that his name is found in the Yukthiya Operation list as an “Ice” seller and has solicited the bribe promising to remove the name from the list, stop regular checking of his house, and make the environment for him to stay after that without trouble. The Sergeant was arrested in the street before the Mahabage Court car park.