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…grab US$2000 from Chinese business couple at CJIA
A PLAINCLOTHES police rank was on Thursday night busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport after he and another rank allegedly extracted from a Chinese business couple some US$2000 under threat that they would prevent them from boarding their flight and have them jailed.
One of the ranks has since been placed under close arrest following swift intervention by Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, who has vowed to weed out corruption from within the Guyana Police Force. Guyana Chronicle was told that the couple, who operates a store on the West Coast Berbice had just arrived at the airport when they were accosted by the policemen.
Reliable sources told this newspaper that the ranks pulled the couple into a room at the airport that has no camera, accusing them of not declaring their foreign currency. The Guyanese couple of Chinese origin was heading to New York. “They were leaving with a quantity of US currency within the legal limit to conduct business, but the rank pulled them aside ostensibly that they did not declare the currency,” the source told this newspaper.
According to the source the couple was forced to give up some $US2000 of the money they had after they were threatened that they would not be able to board the plane if they told anyone and that they would be jailed. Immediately after the ranks took the cash, the couple lodged a complaint with a high ranking government official, who contacted Minister Ramjattan who immediately went into action. This resulted in one of the policemen being arrested and positively identified by the couple as one of the persons who accosted them.
It is believed that a third person had accompanied police ranks and he might have run off with the money, which up to press time was not recovered. Guyana Chronicle was told that airport authorities have been examining the CCTV footage for clues.
4 thoughts on “Cop busted in shakedown”
It’s about time the police force be infiltrated and corrupt cops be weeded out one by one. These dishonest people, who are disguised as law enforcement officers are menace to society, in addition to that, they are too many of them. I saw in your face bribery done by 3 cops on a recent visit to Guyana; in this case the thievery was done to a taxi driver falsely accused of running a red light. Just sickening.
i told about 8 Departments i can leave some Tools and Booksand for them but i have to go through the Ministry of education they all said give them because the Ministry has lots of Red Tape for donations. ahahaaaa dis time one of them a school the wood work master said one day he did not check on the tools and Big Table saw was was stolen. it was stolen in Sophia. and Sophia has security. if its only one vehicle pass in it has to be him the thief. ya know how much money he can make outside school hours and still pay the kids. since 2000 my participants used to make $15.00 an Hour 3 hours a day for 6 months. not to be there but to participate. as longa as they come for the day any 3 hours it was ok no restrictions sometime they stay for 10hrs and weekends. it called motivation. if you cant stimulate your workers through gratuity it would be conducive to a healthy work environ
It is so sad to see the people who has to up held the law is the one that is broken it for the own greedy needs.
the people Black or White the PPPC put into Position just Reflects what Roger Khan and his Cabals have done. is his 2 faced mother from Albouystown still around?