The Minister of Irrigation, Youth Affairs and Sports Roshan Ranasinghe said today (25) that large-scale cattle rustlers in Polonnaruwa, Dimbulagala and Welikanda are gangsters who party together with police officers, and that is why cattle rustlers have increased in the area. (Sri Lanka Latest News)
Minister Roshan Ranasinghe said this based on a statement made by a dairy farmer about cattle theft in the Dimbulagala Regional Development Committee meeting held today.
The minister pointed out that the fact that some police officers are the guardians, protectors and pets of drug traffickers and major cattle rustlers expresses the tragedy of the country.
The minister further said:
Do not apply this statement to everyone. Most police officers are good men. But due to the work done by one or two police officers, the entire police department has been disrespected.
The police provide a lot of help in stopping cattle rustling and drugs. Meanwhile, some officers provide protection to cattle rustlers and drug dealers.
The police officers who earn in this manner will pay for that sin. As a result of the contacts made by some police officers with drug dealers, a large number of young people in this country have become victims of drugs. This will destroy our nation.
This country is a country that has solved more problems than this. In times of collapse, we stood back up very fast. But we still haven’t been able to solve the drug problem. From the children of politicians in this country to the children of some government officials, the drug problem has been affected. Even though it is such a big problem, we are not working together to find a solution to this problem.
Drugs are more prevalent in this country than in any other country in the world. If this continues, we will not have a country, a society or a nation left.
Dimbulagala Divisional Secretary P.T.M. Irfan, former provincial councilors and local councilors as well as government officials, Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of Welikanda area Sudath Asmadala and OIC’s of many police stations were present.
