THREE police ranks were transferred from the Timehri Police Station in the aftermath of the escape of a female prisoner from the lock-up on Monday.

Reports indicate that an inspector was transferred to Force Control; a CID rank was reverted to general duties on the East Coast Division; the female station sergeant is to be charged internally while a lance corporal is under investigation.

It is alleged that the female prisoner, who was held for narcotics, colluded with the police ranks to facilitate her escape.

The prisoner, after being transferred from the East La Penitence Police Station on Monday to Timehri to be charged for narcotics possession, escaped during a lapse in supervision by the ranks.