SLAVE ISLAND 10 M ROBBERY REVEALED

The Police personnel involved had stayed until the CCTV cameras were off
The video’s in a nearby shop had helped in finding the Robbers

Last month a group of robbers had stopped a businessman dealing with money lending at a traffic jam had abducted in a traffic jam and had robbed him of sum of  Rs 10 million two lakhs. The robbers were caught by the Police last Friday.
This was able to achieve by the OIC of traffic Police along with his team. The owner of this authorised money exchange centre at Wellawatta named Thevanesan had been used to purchase US dollars, Sterling pounds, Euro dollars and had been in the habit of changing them into Sri Lanka rupees at a bank familiar to him in Slave Island. After he enchases the foreign money he used to carry the cash without any security.
The robbers knew about his transaction he does at the Slave Island bank where he went only with his driver had been noticed and followed by some robbers on the day of the incident on the 12th He had exchanged the foreign money amounting to Rs  a sum of Rs 12 million and two lakhs. had hurriedly got into his vehicle had wanted to go back to his business place at Wellawatta.
He had passed the Nawaloka hospital and while the vehicle was approaching Gangarama junction suddenly a Police constable has stopped his vehicle while in the traffic jam thinking it was may have been to check the licence the driver had stopped the vehicle on a side. From behind a DefenderJeep. that had followed and two well built persons approached  Thevanesan.They had told we are from the CID, do not make any fuss , you better follow us as we have to question you
The two who approached Thevanesan had spoken very politely and he had thought that they were genuine CID personnel. The two CID officers had assaulted Thavenesan’s driver and pulled him and had dragged him into the Defender jeep The other person who pretended to be a CID officer had got into the Thevanesan’s vehicle which contained the cash had started the vehicle One other person had grabbed the money parcel and had driven forward. Thavanesan had asked where are you taking me to he asked why are you troubling me like this .Thavanesan had quipped. He had asked that person what wrong have I committed to do this to me. We are taking you to the CID to obtain a statement. The person who pretended to be a CID officer shouted. Thevanesan kept silent. The vehicle in which he came stopped near the Dematagoda flyover. The Defender Jeep also followed and stopped behind the vehicle of Thavanesan. You better get into the Defender Jeep and do not make any noise here.
If you make a fuss there would be a bigger problem Thavanesan without making any protest or fuss had got into the Defender Jeep We are sending your vehicle to the Peliyagoda Police. You better go there and collect your vehicle. At that time Thvanesan knew that they were not CID personnel. He was very frightened.
It came to his mind that will kill him which came to Thavanesan’s mind several times. But Thavansan never wanted to show the bogus CID officers that he was in fear. The defender Jeep was driven towards Borella while the person who drove Thavnesan’s vehicle drove towards Peliyagoda. They were circling the Colombo area for hours and ultimately Thavanesan was driven towards the Kotte area. They told him ‘Thamuse’ you better get down here. Your vehicle will be in the Peliyagoda area.
If you disclose this to anyone be careful. The two walked away. Those unknown people had robbed the Rs ten million and two lakhs.The complaint was received by the real CID only after a few hours. Immediately the CID commenced investigations. There was a question whether they were real CID officers or they were robbers. About this they had a doubt.
Although there were so many CCTV cameras fixed in the city they could not find any clues about the robbers via the CCTV cameras .At the time of the incident the CCTV cameras in the Slave island areas was .not functioning.
But luckily in a private institution close to where the robbery took place had these photographs in their videos. These pictures became very vital for the investigations. It has been revealed that vital information had been revealed to the robbers by an employee of the Money exchange Bureau had given all information and had fled away from the country.
The Police had been able to find the abandoned motor vehicle of the money exchange owner had been found by the Police on the day of the incident from the Peliyagoda area. The police had been able to find the finger prints of the robbers from the abandoned vehicle. When investigations were carried out it was found that the defender Jeep had been taken from a garage In Nugegoda.area.
It had been proved that from finger prints that a sub inspector attached to the security division of a Minister had masterminded the operation along with six others. They had been the OIC of the traffic police of the Fort traffic division and two sub inspectors it is learnt that two other suspects had fled the country. These two persons have been close associates of a strong politician in the government.