INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka Police has increased the reward money awarded through the Police Reward Scheme for tip-offs leading to successful seizures of
unauthorized firearms and hand grenades.This was announced in a special communiqué directed to senior police officers by the
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D
Wickramaratne on Saturday (June 24).Accordingly, a generous amount of reward money is now offered to incentivize the police personnel and
individual informants for their assistance in crackdown on the recent uptick in the number of crimes in the country.The payments will be
made for the unauthorized firearms and hand grenades taken into custody between June 25 and July 31. As per the communiqué, Rs
250,000 is awarded as reward money to a police officer who seizes an unauthorized T-56 firearm along with the suspect who was in possession
of it and to the individual informant who provides a tip-off on the firearm
A police officer who seizes only the firearm is awarded Rs
200,000 while the informant will be given Rs
250,000 even if no arrests are made.For a tip-off on unauthorized pistols and revolvers, an informant will receive a reward of Rs
If police officers make an arrest along with an unauthorized pistol or a revolver, they will receive Rs
However, if no arrests are made, Rs
100,000 will be awarded.Refer to the attachment below for more details: Police Reward Scheme for In..
