Police tracked down two robbery suspects by reviewing footage from nearly 500 CCTV cameras across Colombo and surrounding areas, following a daring early-morning theft in Wellawatte.
The incident took place on August 15, around 4.25 a.m., when a female doctor waiting near a bus halt was threatened with a sharp weapon and robbed of her handbag containing a laptop, a gold chain, and other valuables and cash worth nearly Rs. 453,000.
Investigators from the Wellawatte Police spent 10 days analyzing video from cameras installed along about 73 kilometres of main and byroads. Their efforts led to the arrest of two suspects in Eheliyagoda and the recovery of the stolen laptop and gold chain.
Police identified the suspects as a 44-year-old resident of Avissawella and a 40-year-old resident of Eheliyagoda.
The search continues for a third suspect and the remaining stolen property. (Newswire)