MINISTER of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday said that he is very concerned with the report published in a section of the print media about ‘police corruption”, in which senior officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) alleged that their colleagues are accepting money from drug dealers. He stated that he is having discussions with the Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, since it is a matter of concern, and this is not something to be taken lightly.
“What I find interesting is that the Kaieteur News printed the report with a great degree of specificity that these particular officers took money from drug lords, how they know they are drug lords, do they have evidence, I urge them to come forward, who are these people?” Minister Rohee asked.

The minister added that they have received reports in the past of such allegations, but this matter must be looked at because they need to know who the people involved are.
Following the report in the Sunday edition of the Kaieteur News, the police, in a statement, said on Sunday it has noted, with concern, the attempt, by Kaieteur News, to regurgitate information that originated from a private meeting in the Commissioner of Police’s Conference Room and make it public.
In a statement, the GPF said it considers this attempt devious and is concerned about the role of those senior officers who would have attempted to so publicise what transpired at the meeting.
“If those leaking information are caught, they will be dealt with condignly for breaching the Force’s Standing Orders,” the GPF said.
The statement continued: “In relation to matters discussed at the private (closed door) meeting of the Senior Administrative Officers, the Force will not divulge or respond to the allegations made in the Kaieteur News. “Suffice it to say that we continuously investigate all acts of impropriety and crime perpetrated by our members.
“Once again, the selective bias of Kaieteur News against certain officers who it cannot buy out, is noted,” the statement concluded.