Deputy Police Superintendent remanded for narco trafficking
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dexter Brown was remanded to prison after a trafficking in narcotics charge was read to him on Wednesday.
Brown appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
Deputy Police Superintendent Dexter Brown
He was arrested on October 1 after 9.4 kilograms of ganja and two rounds of 9mm ammunition were found in his car.
Police on Saturday said that acting on information received, about 21:15h on Friday, ranks stopped a motor car, which was later found to be driven by the Deputy Superintendent, at a roadblock at Helena Number Two Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The vehicle was found minutes after eluding a Police patrol in Regional Police Division Five (Mahaica-Berbice).
The cannabis that was found in the trunk of the officer’s car
“While the vehicle was at the roadblock, the Police patrol from the Regional Police Division Five drove up, resulting in DSP driving through the roadblock in an attempt to escape. He was, however, pursued by the ranks and was intercepted at Lima Dam, Mahaica, ECD,” Police said in a statement.
The case was adjourned to November 2, 2021. (G9)
