Chief vet arrested for animal skulls stolen from Sri Lanka's national zoo

Jun 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka police have arrested two people in suspicion of stealing several animal skulls from Sri Lanka's National Zoological Gardens.

The Dehiwala Police have arrested the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the zoo and a veterinary assistant in connection with the three missing skulls, the Daily Mirror reported.

According to the police the arrested veterinary assistant had provide information that led to the arrest of the Chief Veterinary Surgeon.

The suspects have been produced before the Mt. Lavinia Chief Magistrate who had remanded them till June 12.

The skulls of a lion, a tiger and a jaguar that were stored in a deep freezer had gone missing. The animals have died of natural causes, according to the Zoo officials.

Dehiwala police are conducting further inquiries to recover the skulls.

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