A Police Sergeant has been interdicted after allegedly accepting Rs. 10,000 from a drug trafficker to smuggle two mobile phones into Kalutara Prison by concealing them in the rectum of an associate of the trafficker, according to the Panadura Police Division.
The interdicted officer was attached to the Pinwatte Police Station as a court duties Sergeant.
Investigations revealed that the phones were intended for the associate of drug lord “Dubai Gayan,” currently serving a sentence at Kalutara Prison.
The Sergeant had reportedly coordinated with one of Gayan’s close associates from Wadduwa, who introduced him to a suspect carrying heroin.
False entries were made in Police records to present the suspect before the Panadura Magistrate’s Court under case number 52320.
Upon receiving information, the Pinwatte Police OIC ordered a search of the suspect, during which the two mobile phones were carefully recovered.
During questioning, the suspect admitted he had been paid Rs. 5,000 per phone, totalling Rs. 10,000, to smuggle them into prison.
The suspect, a resident of Modaravila, Panadura, is reportedly heavily addicted to narcotics.
Investigations further revealed that the Sergeant had accepted the bribe from the Wadduwa associate.
Senior police officials noted that the Sergeant had previously faced corruption allegations while serving at the Kalutara South Police. (Newswire)