A police inspector and constable held for allegedly accepting a $15,000 bribe from a Central drug dealer spent another night in custody last night as investigators reportedly could not find eight other men fitting the description of the senior officer in order to conduct an identification parade.
Officers investigating the case said another attempt would be made today to convene an identification parade before seeking instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The inspector, who has over 20 years’ service, the constable and the drug dealer remained in custody at separate police stations in Port-of-Spain last night.
The officers along with the drug dealer were arrested by members of the Professional Standards Bureau on Saturday during a sting operation at the Chase Village, Chaguanas, flyover. The police inspector, who was assigned to the Central Division to take charge of anti-crime operations a month ago, was seen driving a Mercedes Benz reportedly owned by the drug dealer on Saturday. He reportedly requested $25,000 to forego prosecution in a drug-related matter.
The inspector and the constable had been under surveillance since last Thursday.