Police hunt for woman who robbed monk in Negombo

The Negombo Police has started an investigation to arrest a woman who allegedly drugged the chief incumbent Thera of a temple in Kadugannawa and robbed gold jewellery   and foreign currency worth more than Rs.7 million. The incident had happened near the Negombo courts recently.

In his complant to the police, the Thera has said a cousin of his who was working in Korea had come to Sri Lanka on September 15. He had gone from Kadugannawa in a jeep to pick him.

The Thera’s cousin had been issued warrants earlier by Court due to non-appearance in a case pending in the Kandy Courts regarding a dispute that occurred before he went abroad.

According to a court order in this regard, the Immigration Department had also been informed in this regard. Unaware of this, when the cousin came to Sri Lanka, the immigration officials took him into their custody and handed him over to the Katunayake Police.

After he was produced before the Negombo courts, he was remanded with the court issuing an order to the Prison authorities to produce him before the Kandy Court regarding the warrant.

When the Thera’s cousin was remanded he had handed over the gold items including the necklace rings and foreign money that he had to the Thera.The Thera had kept them in the jeep.

According to the Thera his cousin had developed a relationship with a young woman while in Korea through Facebook. That young woman had also arrived at the airport when he came to Sri Lanka.

He only knew that the girl was a resident of Colombo and at that time the two had never met.

When the cousin was taken to Court, the young woman had gone to Court along with the Thera.

The Thera had told the police that he and his driver were given two bottles of drinks to drink by the girl. After his cousin was remanded, the Thera had brought the girl to Colombo.

She had got down in Dematagoda.

However, the following day, the head of the temple came to the Negombo police station and lodged a complaint that the gold and cash in the vehicle worth about Rs.7 million had been stolen.

The Thera has told the police that he became intoxicated after drinking the drink provided by the young woman near the Negombo Court and it is suspected that she committed the theft.