Two suspects arrested with a motorcycle holding unclear number plates on suspicion of committing robbery

Officers attached to Special Operations Unit 03 of the Police Special Task Force arrested two suspects on 12. 09. 2025, riding a motor bike of which both number plates are covered with black tape, making them barely readable. They were heading from Egoda Uyana area to Moratuwa.

The arrest was made around 9 pm. Having uncovered that they attempted to snatch gold chains, measures have been taken to hand over the suspects to the Moratuwa Police Station, for further investigation.

Three incidents of snatching gold chains, after threatening women were reported on 12. 08. 2025 from two areas of the island.

In the morning of the same, it has been reported that two women tightly grabbed a woman and tied her neck and robbed her gold chain while she was walking on the road near the cemetery heading to the market street near the Madhu Church in Mannar. Another incident of a man and a woman had tied another woman walking on the road and snatched her gold chain and fled. Investigations have been initiated to arrest those groups.

The third incident was reported on the same day at the 6th lane of the Yakkala-Hansagiriya road around 01.30. An unidentified person on a motorcycle had snatched a gold chain of a 74-year-old woman, while she was walking on the road.

“As soon as you encounter such an incident, please make sure contact the nearest police station or 119 police emergency number and inform the color, the license plate the vehicle on which the criminals fled, the color and details  of the attire, and the color of the protective helmet. More truthful information you provide, the easier it will be to track down and arrest the suspects.”