Sri Lanka Police has arrested a suspect wanted for deceiving and robbing taxi drivers, with several complaints being received by the Wellawatte and Maradana Police Stations in the past few days.
According to the Police, the suspect had contacted the taxi drivers for hire and had discreetly stolen their mobile phones and money.
Investigations launched by the Fort Police led to the arrest of the suspect, who was detained and interrogated for six days during which it was found that he was linked to several other crimes as well.
The suspect was wanted for having stolen Rs. 150,000 from a house pretending to rent the place, a stolen ATM card in Wellawatte, and stealing money while travelling in taxis.
The Fort Police is conducting further investigations into the suspect. (Newswire)