Briton arrested over T20 ticket theft
September 30, 2012 07:22 pm
A British national has been arrested by police for stealing 103 tickets for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, currently underway in Sri Lanka, priced at Rs. 750, 250 and 500 from a counter in Colombo.
It is reported that the 54-year-old man, identified as Caesar Antonio Buller from Manchester, was taken into custody after sales staff alerted the police.
“He had gone up in the queue for tickets and somehow pocketed the ticket books that were on a counter,” police spokesman Ajith Rohana was quoted as saying to AFP. “We found four ticket books in his possession.”
He said each book had 25 tickets for Monday’s Super 8 game between hosts Sri Lanka and defending champions England
Rohana said the British national had also in his possession three other tickets which he may have purchased at the same ticket sales unit.
“We will take him before a magistrate tomorrow and take further legal action,” Rohana said. It was the first case of ticket theft for the Twenty20 tournament which opened on September 18 and goes on till October 7.
