A team of officers from the Special Task Force Aralangawila Camp and officers from the Polonnaruwa Public Health Office conducted a raid in Polonnaruwa yesterday and arrested a suspect who was transporting unfit coconut oil in a lorry and a suspect who was in possession of unfit coconut oil. The two have been handed over to the Polonnaruwa Public Health Office for further investigation.
The suspects arrested are residents of Pannala and Sandiveli areas, aged 41 and 51.
35 iron barrels containing 7,700 liters of coconut oil, 36 iron barrels containing 7,920 liters of coconut oil and a lorry used to transport coconut oil have also been taken into police custody.