{"id":14174,"date":"2025-05-15T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14174"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:30:03","slug":"extensive-investigations-into-the-large-scale-fertilizer-fraud-in-polonnaruwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14174","title":{"rendered":"Extensive investigations into the large-scale fertilizer fraud in Polonnaruwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-1024x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250515-WA0003-300x97.jpg 300w, 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accordingly, 12 employees of the establishment, including a manager, were arrested for aiding and abetting this racket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspects arrested are residents of Siripura, Bulathkohupitiya and Batticaloa areas, aged between 23 and 53, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police have seized 1565 bales of fertilizer that were brought for transfer at the time of the arrest of the above suspects, 05 lorries prepared for fertilizer transportation, and 13585 empty fertilizer bags from various institutions from the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrested suspects were remanded until the 28th of this month after being produced before the Dehiattakandiya Magistrate&#8217;s Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polonnaruwa Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau is conducting further investigations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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