A policeman was cut with a sword and his gun snatched by a suspect he and a posse of policemen had gone to arrest, ASP Weligama Police, Chandana Galappaththi said.
The incident had taken place at Puhulwella in the Kirinda area.
The suspect was a member of a gang wanted by the Weligama police in connection with a number of robberies and other crimes. On a tip off that the suspects were hiding in a house in Puhulwella in the Hakmana police area, a police posse surrounded the house on Monday. One of the occupants of the house had come out through the back door and cut one of the policemen in the group and fled, taking the injured policeman’s gun, Galappaththi said.
However, police were able to arrest the suspect and two others of the gang with the robbed police gun.
