CID arrest woman while transacting on deposits over Rs. 20 Mn

A woman transacting on deposits amounting to Rs. 20.4 million in two banks was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigations Department on suspicion of possible dubious transactions with different individuals.

The 53-year-old woman, a resident of Nagoda in Galle, was arrested by the Illegal Assets Investigation Unit of the CID on Friday.

A senior CID official said the suspect is operating two accounts, one in a state bank and the other in a private bank and that her transactions amounted to Rs.20.4 million.

The official said the suspect woman’s husband was in remand custody for drug trafficking and that the preliminary investigations revealed he was acting behind his wife’s transactions