Missing albino turtle an inside job
December 25, 2013
Missing albino turtle an inside job
By Gihan Kamalesh Weerasinghe
Investigations conducted by the Kosgoda Police have revealed that the controversial theft of the albino sea turtle from the Kosgoda Sea Turtle Hatchery and Sanctuary could have been an inside job.
A senior police officer stated that records of the telephone network of the employees as well as the owner of the hatchery would be checked, and added that they would also be subjected to DNA tests.
He also said they had arrived at this conclusion, consequent to investigations being conducted where information had been obtained on the manner in which the dog that had been placed to guard the albino sea turtle as well as the other turtles in the hatchery,
had behaved.Police dogs sniffing the getaway route had led the police to the discovery of a ball of several strands of hair stuck to a fence which they suspect would belong to the person who had carried the albino sea turtle out of the sanctuary. Police sources also stated that the DNA test would be carried out to confirm the identity of the thief.
December 25, 2013
Missing albino turtle an inside job
By Gihan Kamalesh WeerasingheInvestigations conducted by the Kosgoda Police have revealed that the controversial theft of the albino sea turtle from the Kosgoda Sea Turtle Hatchery and Sanctuary could have been an inside job.A senior police officer stated that records of the telephone network of the employees as well as the owner of the hatchery would be checked, and added that they would also be subjected to DNA tests.
He also said they had arrived at this conclusion, consequent to investigations being conducted where information had been obtained on the manner in which the dog that had been placed to guard the albino sea turtle as well as the other turtles in the hatchery,
had behaved.Police dogs sniffing the getaway route had led the police to the discovery of a ball of several strands of hair stuck to a fence which they suspect would belong to the person who had carried the albino sea turtle out of the sanctuary. Police sources also stated that the DNA test would be carried out to confirm the identity of the thief.
