Another suspect arrested over alleged online train tickets racket
January 27, 2025 07:25 am
Another suspect involved in the alleged major racket involving ‘e-Tickets’ sold for up-country trains, including to Ella, has been arrested in Kandy.
It is reported that this suspect was arrested yesterday (26) near the Kandy Railway Station by a team of officers from the Kandy Divisional Special Crime Investigation Unit.
The suspect had been selling train tickets to foreigners at inflated prices, and police officers also seized two e-tickets and two mobile phones from his possession.
The arrested suspect is a 32-year-old resident of the Kadugannawa area. He was later handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation.
Accordingly, the CID is conducting further investigations into the incident.
