THREE policemen charged with simple larceny had the case against them dismissed by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, after businessman Phillip John Sampson swore that he did not wish to offer evidence against the trio. Police Corporal Michael Campbell and Constables Reginald Jonas and Kirk Glasgow, all attached to Central Police Station in New Amsterdam, were alleged to have stolen two flasks of mercury, valued $1M, property of Sampson.
The charge stemmed from an allegation that, last November 27, the ranks were on mobile patrol at Palmyra Public Road, when the businessman of Corriverton township, had, minutes earlier, crossed over the Berbice Bridge when he was stopped.
He had, in his possession, ten flasks of mercury and a bill which indicated that he had purchased them from fellow businessman Jerome Khan.
However, it is alleged that the cops told Sampson the merchandise was illegal and if he wanted to proceed with it, he had to give them one million dollars. But the request was refused, and they, allegedly, took two flask valued $1M.
The matter was reported and, following advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the policemen were charged.
Sources close to the investigation revealed that the sum of $1M was paid to the virtual complainant as a settlement.
The Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed; however, that disciplinary action will be taken departmentally against the freed men who have since been transferred to other divisions.