Sri Lanka, Oct. 24 -- Eight suspects, including a woman, have been arrested for allegedly attempting to steal over Rs. 20 million belonging to a private institution in Pettah by staging a fake robbery while an employee was transporting the money to a bank.

The suspects were apprehended during a raid carried out by the Kelaniya Divisional Crime Investigations Unit, police said.

According to police, officers from the Kelaniya Divisional Crime Prevention Bureau had inspected a suspicious three-wheeler in the Naranminiya area in the Peliyagoda Police Division.

Upon inspection, officers had discovered a bag containing Rs. 3 million in cash in the possession of a passenger seated in the back. The passenger and the driver of the three-wheeler...