Four men possessing priceless elephant pearls arrested

Four men were arrested in Kandy on Sunday on charges of possessing 11 priceless elephant
pearls.

Ocers from the Kandy Division of the Crimes Prevention Unit, arrested the suspects during
raids carried out near the Kandy Lake and the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

“The arrests had been carried out based on the information provided by an informant,” the
Police said.

The ocers pretending to be buyers had acted as decoys.

Police said the suspects, between 27 and 40 years, were residents of Badulla, Monaragala,
Ampara and Wellawaya.

They were handed over to the Kandy Police for further investigations.

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