Cops arrested following multimillion-dollar robbery

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):

Police say two of their colleagues were due to appear in court on Tuesday in connection with an $8 million (one Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) robbery on November 29 this year.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) said that a “comprehensive investigation led to the arrest of constables Julian Smartt and Winston Williams, who reportedly conspired with the principal offenders to rob the victim of his property”.

“Detectives are in possession of evidence showing Constable Smartt taking the suspects to the crime scene. After the robbery was committed, Smartt and Williams (both of whom were on motorcycles and in uniform) were seen escorting the suspects to an area known as Rasville,” the police said in a statement.

The police said that investigations are continuing and that the search continues for the “principal offender”.

The statement said that the Police Legal Adviser Mandel Moore has since advised that there is sufficient evidence to charge both accused jointly with the offence of conspiracy to commit robbery under arms and that the two police officers be interdicted from duty.