Illicit tree felling:
Cops after cop
Asela KURULUWANSA and Indika POLKOTUWA
Several Police teams have been deployed to track down a Police
Inspector allegedly involved in the illicit felling of valuable trees.
The alleged felling of trees took place at the Megodakulugamuwa
Estate belonging to the Sri Dalada Maligawa and selling the timber to a
saw mill at Dambarawa, Kundasale. The fraud came to light following a
complaint made to the Peradeniya Police by the Lands Secretary of the
Maligawa on the direction of the Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela
Bandara.
Following the complaint Police recovered a stock of Jak, Banyan and
Gini Sapu logs valued at nearly Rs 200,000 from a saw mill at Dambarawa.
Police are investigating.
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