Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- A team of officers from the Hingurakgoda Police Headquarters has arrested five suspects allegedly involved in a racket of stealing copper wires from telephone cable networks, along with a small lorry and several tools believed to have been used to cut the wires.

The raid was carried out at around 12.30 am on Wednesday (28) in the Pansalgodella area of Hingurakgoda.

Hire Accountants Police suspect that the group had been engaged in large-scale theft of copper wires from telephone cable networks over a considerable period and selling the stolen material. When police attempted to inspect the lorry, which was travelling in a suspicious manner, the five suspects who were inside the vehicle reportedly got down and fled....