CO129-556-3 Theft of detonators from Green Island Dangerous Good Depot 16-6-1936 - 16-6-1936 — Page 16

Enclosure No.4.

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Hon.Colonial Secretary.

I regret that subsequent enquiries have not brought

to light any further facts to solve this case. The fact

that the articles stolen cannot be identified, being the

same brand as so many of the other detonators in use in the Colony, has made it impossible to trace the stolen property.

2. It is believed that the inner bar on the window which

was cut and forced upwards could only have been so forced from inside the godown, access to which was only possible to persons in possession of a key to the door of the godown. It has however been impossible to obtain any evidence to confirm the suspicion that the seamen employed at the Gunpowder Depot

were implicated.

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sd. C.G. PERDUE.

p. Inspector General of Police.

6th January, 1936.

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Hon.Colonial Secretary.

With reference to previous reports I regret that for the reasons given in paragraph 1 of my report of 6th January, 1936, above, no trace of the missing detonators has been found. Neither has it been possible to obtain any evidence to enable a decision to be reached as to whether outside parties, or persons employed at the Depot, were responsible for the theft.

2. As a result of the theft Acting Lance Sergeant B.324

Fazal Mohamed, who was the Sergeant-in-Charge of the Guards on Green Island at the time, was dealt with for failing to dis- cover that the magazines had been broken into, and was fined $3.00 and cautioned as to reduction.