Sri Lankan Police Arrests 3 While Selling Stolen Gold-Plated Items From President's Home
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The 40 gold-plated brass sockets were fixed on the walls to hang window curtains, online newspaper Daily Mirror reported.
Three people have been arrested by the Sri Lankan police as they were trying to sell 40 gold-plated brass sockets stolen from the President's House in Colombo after angry demonstrators entered the iconic building during an unprecedented anti-government protest over the severe economic crisis in the country.
On July 9, anti-government protesters occupied the official residence of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the private home of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The mob also torched the private residence of Wickremesinghe.
Three persons who entered the President's House at Fort on July 9 during protest have been arrested with 40 gold-plated brass sockets that were fixed on the walls to hang window curtains, the online newspaper Daily Mirror reported.
The Welikada police arrested the suspects while attempting to sell the stolen items on Sunday, it said.
