TRUE CRIME | SRI LANKA

The Money Heist at the Turf Club Ended in a Murder

This is probably the most famous money heist in Sri Lanka.

Photo by ArtisticOperations from Pixabay

In the late 1940s and 1950s, the Havelock Race Course on Reid Avenue in Colombo was a frequent hangout place of Sri Lankan high society. The English and the racehorse-owning Sri Lankans upper classes mainly patronized…