A Police officer attached to the Horowpathana Police station was arrested for receiving a bribe of Rs. 10,000 by the Bribery Commission today.
He was nabbed while receiving the bribe at the Harowpathana Police station from an individual who was convicted of cutting trees without a permit.
The alleged Police Officer has taken the bribe in agreement to restore the equipment taken into custody and to refrain from taking illegal action against the convict.
He is due to be produced before the Anuradhapura Magistrate Courts.
Further investigations are underway.