A tense situation occurred outside of A Tea Factory at WanaRaja Tea Estate in Hatton-DiKoya area yesterday (04)after a group of Tea Estate Workers have recovered a stock of around 4000 Kilo Grammes of good quality Tea powder hidden inside a store at the factory .
The stock of Tea recovered from a store had been stored in polythene bags and worth around Rs.2 million it has been revealed.
The Estate Management of Bagawanthalawa Tea Plantations have informed the Estate Workers they were not aware on the hidden Tea stOck and the Factory manager may have hidden the stock of Tea in view of selling it secretly to another party .
The management has promised the Estate Workers and Estate Trade Union leaders gathered there to inquire on the incident and take necessary action against those who were involved in this Fraudulent activity .
The management suspect the Manager of the Tea Factory along with with few other officers had involved in this fraudulant aactivity .