361 rice sacks missing from the store room of STO, the case under police investigation

State Trading Organization (STO) has taken to police for investigation a case in which 361 sacks of rise had been missing from STO?s godown,.According to the Director of STO, Faarooq Ahmed, those rice sacks were from two different shipments.?From the 11 May 2005 shipment, 265 sacks have been missing and 96 sacks from 27 May 2005 shipment,? Faarooq said. He said that they became aware of the missing sacks during the calculation. The calculated value did not match the value in stock.A sack of rice is being sold for Rf 199. At this rate, the cost of 361 sacks will be Rf 71,839.Faarooq said that, regarding the case, they had questioned the ?Staple Food? section staff and the security staff.?However we are unable to point out who is responsible for this, hence we handed over the case over to police, on 29 August. The case was sent to the ?Staple Food? head office on 21 August,? Faarooq said.According to Faarooq, since nobody had been found guilty yet, they have not taken any action on any staff.Maldives Police Services has not revealed any information regarding this case.