TREASURE HUNTS IN HORANA

People who have been digging a 40 feet tunnel for a period of an year in order to find a treasure, had been arrested

An exorcist after finding that there is a treasure by looking through a nescient has led a gang of people. They have been caught yesterday as they have been digging a rock to make a tunnel to reach the treasure. This has been happening over a period of a year and they have been arrested yesterday at Horana.
They have been arrested while digging a rock to make a tunnel in a jungle at Moragahahena Kotigamgoda area in Horana. When they have been arrested, they have already dug 40 feet into the rock.
The Police have raided the place due to a tip they have received and the Police have been able to catch them red handed while they have been digging the tunnel using a compressor.
The suspects are said to be residents of Kotigamgoda, Kolaima and Horana. The police have found a compressor, three water motors, mattocks, and several other things that are taken to look through a nescient, Halogen bulbs, a plan to reach the treasure and many books related to exorcism. It was also reported that they have been selling the rubble from the rock which have been dug out. Some were stacked at a nearby point. The suspects are to taken before the courts.








Story and Photographs by Horana Buddhika Kumarasiri