Gold worth Rs. 80mn stolen from Hulftsdorp court

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The Keselwatta Police has launched an investigation after several pieces of gold weighing around 49 pounds worth Rs. 80 million was stolen from the case production room at the Hulftsdorp Magistrate's Court.

Police said the investigation was launched after the keeper of the case production room had complained to the Keselwatta police about the incident.

A gold piece weighing about 80 grams that was seized by the Maligawatta Police and 104 grams gold piece seized by the Borella police were reportedly among the stolen items.

Police said the disappearance of these two gold pieces were revealed when the owner of a gold bar related to one of the cases came to release it from custody following the order of the Magistrate.

It was reported that the gold pieces were removed from the room producing forged documents of the Magistrate by a person who pretended to be a police officer.

Sources said that the case will be handed over to the CID for further investigations and to identify the suspect.

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Gb Monday, 05 December 2022 04:48 PM

Pretended to be police, how could they get passed all the security and police if they weren't known, our police are the worst

Gb Monday, 05 December 2022 04:48 PM

Pretended to be police, how could they get passed all the security and police if they weren't known, our police are the worst

Buddhist Monday, 05 December 2022 05:36 PM

Police and Judiciary will have to compensate the person who lost it.

rajan Tuesday, 06 December 2022 07:50 AM

Clearly a job with internal colluder, Key Personnels within.

Lakminiha Tuesday, 06 December 2022 09:51 AM

Your article states the following "The Keselwatta Police has launched an investigation after several pieces of gold weighing around 49 pounds worth Rs. 80 million was stolen from the case production room at the Hulftsdorp Magistrate's Court." 49 Pounds (lb) is about 22Kgs. It cannot be just 80 million. May be its 49 sovereigns or 392 grams. Dear Editor, its better to double check the news articles before publishing rather than being strict in moderating the comments alone as its a matter of reputation of your establishment.

sinnan chandra Tuesday, 06 December 2022 10:38 AM

In sri Lanka No 1 rogue are police personal and government servants.

Vernon Weerasinghe Tuesday, 06 December 2022 12:17 PM

Basic mistake is keeping them seized goods for such a long time in courts. Whether it is gold or drugs or timber or vehicles, these should be released without keeping them. Drugs should be immediately destroyed.

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