ACTING top cop David Ramnarine has said that the police are awaiting final advice in the matter involving an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) in the smuggling of an AK-47 and matching rounds out of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) compound.
The subordinate officer involved, Corporal Shevon Marks, has since been placed before the court, charged for illegal possession of a high-powered rifle, with matching ammunition and was remanded to prison.
Marks was caught in an intelligence-led surveillance by his colleagues on February 28, when he and the ASP attempted to smuggle an AK-47 assault rifle with matching ammunition out of the compound of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU).
Ramnarine said as for the senior officer, his file is still with the DPP for advice. He noted that the complete advice has not yet been returned to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) because it was re-sent for some points to be clarified.
In the meantime, the ASP in question, whose name was mentioned in the press has since been moved from the TSU to another location (Mounted Branch).
In an earlier interview with the Guyana Chronicle, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told reporters that the ASP is expected to face a departmental charge.