Man who tried to sell conch shell for Rs. 50 Mn arrested

A group of Police Special Task Force officers arrested a suspect who was trying to sell a priceless titan valampuri  (conch shell) for Rs.50 million during a raid at Rendapola, in the Keppettipola Police Division. The suspect who was trying to sell the valampuri was a 45 year old resident of Aluthkolaniya,and he was handed over to the Keppettipola police for further investigations. According to the information received by the officers of the STF Nuwara-Eliya camp the raid was done on the instructions of STF commandant DIG Waruna Jayasundara.