Brothers remanded in swindle case

Police search for Romanian couple:

Two brothers suspected to have swindle over Rs two million using false credit cards were remanded by Mount Lavinia Chief Magistrate Nirosha Fernando until February 12. The two brothers who had been employed in Italy had become friendly with a Romanian couple. After returning to Sri Lanka with the couple, the two had withdrawn money from locals’ and foreigners’ accounts. Investigations are on to arrest the Romanian couple, who are missing. The two brothers were taken into custody by the Colombo Criminal Investigations Department at Galle on January 2.

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Sandalwood felling gang arrested

A gang of four who were suspected to have cut sandalwood trees illicitly near Raja Mawatha in the Thalathuoya area were taken into custody together with Rs 100,000 worth of sandalwood timber by the Thalathuoya police last Friday.

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