Acting on information that illicit liquor was being concealed, police officers searched the home of a mail carrier attached to the Soragune Sub-Post Office in Haldummulla. During the search, they discovered 2,078 postal letters hidden beneath a mattress on a bed.
According to the police, all these letters were addressed to local residents; the suspect, who was tasked with delivering them, had instead hidden them under the mattress of his bed. The suspect, who has been taken into custody in connection with this incident, is a postal employee attached to the Soragune Sub-Post Office in Haldummulla. Acting on information received by the Officer-in-Charge of the Haldummulla Police, Inspector of Police Ashoka Indunil Rathnayake, that illicit liquor (kasippu) was being kept at this employee’s residence, a team of police officers conducted a search. During the search, they discovered 12 registered letters and a large quantity of ordinary mail, all of which had been stashed under a mattress.
The police stated that, upon questioning the suspect, it was revealed that he had failed to deliver the mail for over six years, choosing instead to hide the letters beneath his mattress.