A retired Deputy Commissioner of Excise and an Excise station Corporal, arrested by the Bribery Commission over allegations of accepting unauthorised cheques as bribes, were ordered to be remanded until the 17th.The order was issued by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama following submissions made by the Bribery Commission when the case was taken up today.Presenting facts before the court, the Bribery Commission stated that the charges were filed against the two suspects following revelations that they had accepted cheques issued from the accounts of a company legally licensed and supervised by the Excise Department.According to the Commission, the alleged incidents took place while the suspects were serving as the Kalutara Excise Superintendent and Acting Aluthgama Excise Superintendent (Distilleries), respectively.The two suspects were identified as Channa Jayanath Alwis Weerakkody, a retired Deputy Commissioner of Excise, and Polgampalage Sampath Ranasinghe, an Excise Corporal attached to the Matara Excise Station.Ranasinghe had also served as an excise regulator at the distillery operated by the company in question.The Bribery Commission stated that the suspects were arrested and produced before the court over allegations that they had accepted cheques issued from the company's accounts as bribes without proper authorisation or legal justification under their official duties.