Woman drug addict nabbed with train control panels

by Jayampathy JAYASINGHE

Nine control panels of trains worth more than Rs. 200 million were recovered from a house at Bandaragama following the arrest of a woman (42) drug addict and a man from the Bandaragama area, police sources told the Sunday Observer.

Mount Lavinia Police arrested the suspects while hanging around near the Ratmalana workshop. After being questioned Police recovered the stolen property at the home of the woman suspect in Bandaragama.

The Control Panels had been pilferred from the Ratmalana Railway Workshop through a man made hole in the wall that surrounds the workshop. The pilferage had gone on for some time, police said.

Meanwhile the Police were faced with a dilemma when they found that the half-year-old infant of the woman suspect could not be fed with ordinary milk. The baby who was used to be breast fed may also have been addicted to milk tainted with drugs, police said.

The man arrested for stealing the Control Panels was wanted by the Kalutara police for several thefts in the area. Police are investigating whether railway employees were also involved in the theft.

Meanwhile OIC Crimes Mount Lavinia police station Inspector Sugathapala is investigating the theft under the direction of SSP Mount Lavinia Hemantha Adikari.