A Chinese man who was involved in international level pyramid scheme posing as an investor in the port city was arrested yesterday (26th) in a joint raid conducted by the Colombo South Division Criminal Investigation Unit and the Borella Police. The police suspect that more than 4000 Chinese nationals may have been involved in this racket. It has also been revealed that the money of the smuggling has been taken to China through the Undial system. Sri Lanka Latest News
It has been revealed that the arrested Chinese national has cheated people from this country in Malaysia, Singapore and other countries by giving benefits for deposits like 100, 200 dollars and after depositing an amount of 10,000 dollars without paying those benefits.
A senior police officer said that the suspected Chinese national had taken 8 houses from 7 high-rise complexes in Colombo by pretending to be an investor in the port city and inside the Chinese nationals there and carried out this racket. When asking the private security officer of one of the houses, it was also revealed that 27 Chinese nationals had left just before the raid. The police suspect that there may be more than 300 Chinese nationals under him.
On the 19th, the Chinese suspect complained to the Borella police that a group of people entered the house where he was staying, tied his hands and stole 7 laptops and 170 lakhs of rupees worth of property worth around 4 core rupees. In this regard, the Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of Kololo Division Mr. Hasanta Marapana has given approval to the Colombo South Division Criminal Investigation Unit to carry out investigations.
The goods had been stolen and taken away in a black luxury van and the Divisional Crime Investigation Unit investigated the matter and found the van near Diyatha Uyana. Looking carefully at the way the van was parked, the police suspected that the driver was involved in this theft. During further questioning of him, it has been revealed that the Chinese himself had planned the robbery and had given an amount of 15 lakhs. Accordingly, after he was arrested and taken to another apartment building, another Chinese national who was there was arrested with 30,000 illegal cigarettes, 23 telephones, and 7 laptops. During the questioning, the van was stopped near Diyatha Uyana and it was revealed that three persons residing in the Galle area (who were involved in the robbery) were taken to the Galle area by a cab that came with a cousin of the van driver and the cab and its driver were arrested. It has also been revealed that these two have worked only as the two drivers.
The police have revealed that a large number of Chinese nationals, including the suspect Chinese, are involved in this racket and that the money they earn from the racket has been taken to China through the ‘Undial’ method through mobile phones. It has also been revealed that not many Sri Lankans are involved in this smuggling because if the police receive complaints in this regard, it is not possible to continue the smuggling for a long time.
It has also been revealed that the smuggling has been done by moving from flats for two to three months at prices like 20 to 25 lakhs. The officer who conducted the raid said that with the arrest of the main Chinese national, some technology may have been used to inform all the other Chinese nationals and that the suspicion arises because they all left those places during the raids.
The officer said that the information related to their smuggling has been connected in the computers and because they are being taken, a strong premise must be made to find the information and said that sometimes the people involved in the smuggling may have fled the country and are still on the run. He also said that because there is no information about that group, there is no possibility of obtaining a flight ban.
Under the direction of the Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of Colombo South Division, Mr. Hasanta Marapana, and on the instructions of Assistant Superintendents of Police, Mr. Chanaka Abeysiriwardena, Mr. Keerthisinghe, under the direction of Mr. Ajith Kumara, Station Officer of the Colombo South Division Crime Investigation Unit, Sub Inspector Merino, Police Sergeant (96913) Chandana, Police Constables ( 88652), (96631) Kushanthan (26024) Kumara, (34026) Bandara, (7966) Hajjudeen, Borella Police Station Officer Wickramaratne, Police Constable (36597) Madhusanka have conducted the raid.
The 4 arrested suspects have been remanded until the 9th of next month after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
– The island
