Spate of crimes in Jaffna:
Forces arrest gang leader
Rasika Somarathna
Security Forces yesterday arrested a nine member gang in Jaffna
allegedly responsible for a spate of crimes which took place within the
peninsula recently.
Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe
said that the breakthrough had come when the Army arrested a robber who
had broken into a house in Kopay, Jaffna. According to him, he was the
leader of the gang.
Acting on the information given by him another eight persons of the
same gang had been arrested with the help of the Police. Recently there
had been a spate of robberies and criminal incidents in the Jaffna
peninsula.
Earlier Major General Hathurusinghe said that the Army would
intensify security measures by increasing random checks, snap roadblocks
and night patrols in the area. He said it was not to harass anybody but
to prevent unlawful happenings in Jaffna and ensure the safety of the
people.
The capture of the gang is seen as a major breakthrough in
identifying the perpetrators behind the recent crimes in the Jaffna
peninsula. Police are investigating.
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