A forest field assistant attached to the Wellawaya Range Forest Office has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over an alleged Rs. 10,000 bribe.

The suspect allegedly demanded monthly payments from an individual in exchange for allowing continued cultivation on approximately three acres of State land in the Devalamankada area.

Acting on a complaint, CIABOC arrested the suspect yesterday (8) over allegations of accepting Rs. 10,000 for October.

The suspect is scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.