Suspected money laundering by National Drug Agency (NDA) employees accused of taking payments to falsely certify addicts as having completed rehabilitation is under investigation, police said yesterday.
At a press conference by the Home Ministry with agencies that operate under the ministry, Deputy Commissioner of Police Ismail Naveen said senior NDA staff were suspected of involvement in alleged bribery and forgery of drug testing results to release addicts without completing rehabilitation.
A review of documents gathered for the investigation was underway, he said.
"This case involves some senior employees of the agency together with other people suspected of falsifying results of tests done at the NDA laboratory to review the assessment of treatment provided by the National Drug Agency, changing people who require completion of treatment to not require completion of treatment, and releasing them to society after shortening the treatment and the period for completing treatment, obtaining large sums of money as bribes through abuse of authority from people who are required to complete treatment, and laundering large sums of money," Naveen said.
The deputy commissioner said police were in the process of gathering and analyzing documents. However, he did not reveal whether any suspects have been arrested.
