Nikaweratiya Police, Kurunegala told the Daily News that the till in a church in the Nikaweratiya area had been stolen by a gang of robbers on January 9.
The CCTV cameras set up nearby had shown the footage of the till being removed by masked thieves.
They had later taken the box to a nearby graveyard where they had removed the money and had left the empty box there. Nikaweratiya Police are in search of the offenders.