The two main suspects in the recent robbery of Rs. 75 million from a cash transit van, have been arrested by the Gampaha Police Divisional Crime Detective Bureau in the Minuwangoda area, the Police said yesterday evening (28). 

The suspects have been arrested in the Minuwangoda area along with around Rs. 4 million in stolen cash, reports indicated. 

Previously another suspect involved was arrested on 19 November in connection with the incident where the driver of a private company providing cash in transit services had made off with over Rs. 75 million in cash which was being transported in the Minuwangoda area.

The suspect had been arrested in the Kaduwangaha area of Gampaha during a joint operation by the Gampaha Division Crimes Bureau and Minuwangoda Police, it is reported. 

At the time of his arrest, police officers had allegedly found 5 grams and 420 milligrams of  ‘Ice’ (crystal methamphetamine) along with Rs. 31,515,291 from the stolen money in his possession. 

The 35-year-old suspect is a resident of the Makavita area in Thammita.

A group of four employees of a private company providing cash in transit services had arrived in a van last morning at the branch of a private bank in Minuwangoda with several bags of cash.