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An Ambulance Driver Bites a Police Officer

By Sahan Rathanasekara

October 02, 2023

Yesterday evening, the ambulance driver bit the arm of an officer of the Mannar Division Criminal Investigation Bureau who went to arrest the ambulance driver of the Murunkan Hospital involved in drug trafficking.

Murunkan Police say that this incident happened near the main gate of Murunkan Hospital.

The police officer who was bitten is undergoing treatment at Murunkan Hospital.

According to the information revealed after the arrest of a person engaged in drug trafficking with 178 grams and 750 grams of ice, this ambulance driver is ready to be arrested, said a senior police officer. Murunkan Police say that investigations are underway to arrest the absconding suspect.