Three police teams appointed to probe Rs. 70 million heist in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka police have appointed three special police teams to investigate the heist of Rs. 70 million from a private bank in the pre dawn hours of today.

Armed robbers in three motorcycles blocked the vehicle that was supplying money to teller machines and took away the huge amount of money around 12.30 a.m. today at Thelangapatha, Peliyagoda in the Colombo city outskirts.
Police Media Spokesman SP Prishantha Jayakody had said that the gang had stopped the van near an isolated paddy field and forcibly taken the money. The police investigation teams are to operate under the Colombo Crime Division, the spokesman said.
The Peliyagoda Police are also conducting further investigations under the direction of DIG Western Province -North H.S. Dayananda.