Large scale forgery racket busted

Two arrested

Rasika Somarathna

Police have taken into custody two individuals from Modera accused of being involved in a large scale forgery racket. They also have seized a large number of falsified documents which were in their possession.

This includes forged birth certificates, educational certificates, business registrations, vehicle registrations\insurance\licenses, Passport copies, GS Certificates, Identity Card copies, a large number of Passport size pictures and a hand drawn map of the Colombo city.

In addition, the Police also has taken into custody Rs. 560,100 which was in their possession at the time of arrest.

A Police team from Modera had detected these documents from one of the houses in the area during a search operation.

During a search of a rented house in the Ibbagewatta, Police had found 21 passports.

Later it was revealed that one of the two occupants had a forged identity card in his possession and subsequent investigations led to the unearthing of a large number of forged documents, the Police said.

The person who had rented the house has been identified as a resident of Jaffna.

Police are conducting further investigations.