INTELLIGENCE MEMBERS FOR PICKING MAGISTRATE’s POCKET‏.

Three suspects, including two members of the military intelligence, who allegedly stole the wallet of the Vavuniya Magistrate  Alex Rajah, near the Fort Railway Station, were arrested by the police yesterday morning.

The Magistrate had arrived in Colombo by train at about 5. 30 a.m. to attend a Judges’ meeting Chaired by Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake later in the day.The wallet, which was inside a bag, had been stolen while the magistrate was getting into a bus after disembarking from the train in Colombo Fort, police spokesman  said.