THE Guyana Revenue Authority has written to the Guyana Police Force requesting that the law enforcement body hands over Deputy Superintendent, Motie Dookie, to anti-smuggling agents of the GRA.

This move comes even as Dookie, who was busted with thirty cases of Johnnie Walker Whisky on Saturday, continues to be the subject of a police investigation. The Guyana Chronicle has been informed by sources within the Guyana Police Force that the police officer, who was detained on Saturday night, is now being questioned by ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department of the GPF.

A senior functionary within the Guyana Revenue Authority confirmed that a letter was dispatched to the Guyana Police Force on Wednesday requesting that Dookie be handed over so that he can be questioned by enforcement agents of the GRA in relation to the matter. This is even as the other persons who were in the vehicle at the time with Dookie when the whisky was discovered, has been the subject of constant grilling by members of the GRA anti-smuggling and enforcement arm.

Dookie on the other hand has been changing his story constantly as it relates to his involvement in the transporting of or facilitating the movement of the smuggled alcohol. The senior police officer is already on record as admitting to ranks on the night in question, that he was aware of the presence of a quantity of alcohol in the vehicle of which he was a passenger. Dookie was supposed to be confined to the police station on the night in question but was allowed to leave during the course of the night and returned the following morning. Sources within the investigative arm of the police force are contending that Dookie’s absence from the station might have been to facilitate the clearing of his tracks in the alleged illegal operation which he is said to have been involved in for some time now.

Contacted on Thursday, head of the Police Office of Professional Responsibility indicated that the file on the matter is not engaging his attention, since it is a criminal investigation. On Wednesday the force identified a new head of the SWAT Unit in the person of Assistant Superintendent, Amit Das, while Rovin Das, another Assistant Superintendent who is attached to the SWAT Unit and is currently on leave, would be posted to a division. This newspaper understands that the posting of Rovin Das to a division is to ensure that two officers of the same rank are not serving in the same unit.

Several years ago, ranks were paid half their salary whenever they were fingered in wrongdoings and placed before the courts. However, two years ago, the force took a decision to cease payments to ranks who are embroiled in certain categories of court matters and they are relieved of their duties. They are, however, usually reaccepted into the force, depending on the outcome of their respective court proceedings.