A suspended Police Sub-Inspector was arrested on Thursday (July 30) by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over allegations of illegally depositing money into bank accounts and laundering the funds, the Daily Mirror reported.
The arrest followed an investigation conducted by the commission, known as CIABOC.
According to the commission, the officer allegedly maintained improper relationships with suspects, complainants, defendants and people convicted of criminal offences while he was serving as a Sub-Inspector of Police. During that period he is accused of illegally depositing money into bank accounts and laundering it.
The suspect was due to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The commission has not disclosed the amounts involved, the period covered by the allegations or the police division where the officer had served. It also did not say why he had been suspended before the arrest.
The case is the latest in a run of arrests of serving and former police officers in recent weeks. A Sub-Inspector attached to the Dehiwala Police was arrested on July 29 over drug allegations, and a Sub-Inspector was suspended at Wathupitiwala in late July.
Money laundering prosecutions in Sri Lanka are brought under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, which allows for asset restraint and confiscation alongside criminal penalties.
