Kandy National Hospital police yesterday arrested a former health assistant for allegedly stealing 91 tablets of a pain killer and a glass tube from the cardiology unit.
Police said that this health assistant in question is said to have been addicted to drugs. The suspect was later handed over to the Kandy police.
This former health assistant has been interdicted two weeks ago over an alleged theft of pharmaceuticals from the hospital.However,he had sneaked into the hospital without being noticed by the security and stole the medicine from the cardiology unit.
It has been revealed that the suspect had been accused of a similar theft of pharmaceuticals at the Peradeniya General Hospital sometime ago and he was later transferred to the Kandy National Hospital following an inquiry into the incident.