A suspect was arrested yesterday (26) afternoon for allegedly forging a fake passport in the name of another person to enable an organised criminal to flee the country. This is in connection with an investigation conducted by the Central Crime Investigation Division’s Murder and Organised Crime Investigation Division. Further investigation The suspect is a 41-year-old Senior Assistant Secretary to the President’s Secretariat, Parliament and Cabinet Division and a resident of Kandy. Current investigations have revealed that the suspect committed the crime while previously serving as the Deputy Controller of the Foreign Consular Section of the Department of Immigration and Emigration. The Central Crime Investigation Division is conducting further investigations into the incident.