Two suspects who stole and attempted sell items worth around Rs 500,000 belonging to two British nationals, staying at a tourist hotel in Marawila, have been arrested by officers of the Chilaw Division intelligence unit.
The suspects and stolen items were taken into custody in the Kokkawila area in Chilaw last evening. The items included laptop, a digital camera, two camera lenses, two small printers and various other maps and documents.
The suspects arrested over the theft are said to be an army deserter and a waiter in the hotel where the tourists had stayed. The items were stolen from the hotel room by the suspects while the foreigners were away.
Kantale Police Division special bureau had received a tip-off that the suspects were preparing to sell the stolen items to a person in Kokkawila, Chilaw.
Acting on this information, the Chilaw Division intelligence unit had arrested the suspects in a raid.
