Immigration official arrested over alleged illegal passport for criminal

An Assistant Controller of the Department of Immigration and Emigration has been arrested by the CID for allegedly assisting in the preparation of an illegal passport for an organised criminal.

The suspect was arrested on Thursday (17) by officers of the CID’s Special Investigations Unit at the Department of Immigration and Emigration.

Police identified the suspect as a 42-year-old resident of Gampaha.

The CID’s Special Investigations Unit is conducting further investigations into the incident.