Cops previously remanded for cocaine theft granted $250,000 bail
Three members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), who were last month remanded to prison for allegedly stealing a quantity of narcotics from the West Ruimveldt Police Station, have now been granted bail in the sum of $250,000 each.
The accused are 26-year-old Constable Grenville Harris of South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD); 39-year-old Corporal Floyd Pellew of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD); and Corporal Latchman Singh of Weldaad, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
Constable Grenville Harris, Corporal Floyd Pellew, and Corporal Latchman Singh
At the time of the alleged incident, they were all stationed at the West Ruimveldt Police Station Police Station; however, Singh was attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The trio had appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on a joint larceny charge related to the alleged theft of 400 grams of cocaine.
The charge alleged that on March 13, the three officers stole the narcotics that had been secured at the West Ruimveldt Police Station. They were jointly charged, and they were not required to plead.
They men were remanded to prison until May 14. When the matter was called again, their attorneys were successful in getting them released on bail.
The accused are expected to return to court on June 11.
During the first appearance, the prosecution had revealed that CCTV footage captured Corporal Pellew removing the suspected narcotics from the strongbox and handing them to Singh and Harris. The footage allegedly shows Singh and Harris entering the CID room with the bag and later returning it.
