He tried to exchange fake jewellery for real ones

The Production Keeper of the Galle Chief Magistrate’s Court was taken into custody on suspicion of attempting to change a stock of jewellery in his charge as case productions.

The Galle Police had initiated inquiries into a complaint made by the Supervising Officer of the Production Room. It is alleged that the suspect had handed over a stock of case productions to the Court Registrar to be taken home. The Supervising Officer immediately informed the magistrate of this and thereafter made a complaint to the police.

During the inquiries police recovered a stock of fake jewellery in sealed plastic bottles similar to the case productions found in the safe from the Registrars handbag.

Police recovered a stock of fake jewellery in sealed plastic bottles similar to the case productions found in the safe from the Registrars handbag

However the Registrar told police that the fake jewellery had been given to her by the Production Keeper for safe keeping and that she did not know anything about them.

HQI Galle Police Sathis Gamage and OIC Special Crimes Investigation Branch M.P.B. Arunalal were conducting further inquiries into the matter on the instructions of ASP Palitha Bandaranayaka. The suspect was produced in court yesterday afternoon and released on surety bail in Rs.50, 000 each with two

sureties.