Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says the investigation into the alleged discovery of marijuana at the private residence of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar two years ago is progressing.
But the top cop added he has not yet received a report from the investigator.
Last month Williams had said the probe would be extended by two weeks.
Earlier Williams had said, “I have given a clear mandate to the investigator that this matter should be treated with priority, because it is a concern within the nation, and he is treating it as such priority. I have given him an extension of two weeks because he has not completed his investigation over the period of one month. So I have given him two weeks more to complete the investigation.”
The investigation is being carried out under the supervision of acting ACP Ainsley Garrick. Williams had also insisted that no preferential treatment would be given to the Prime Minister, or to any group or individuals reportedly involved in the matter.
Williams had initially denied knowledge of the discovery of “five grammes of a 'plant-like material' resembling that of marijuana” being found at a gazebo on her premises two years ago. Persad Bissessar had also denied any knowledge of the incident.
Former national security minister Jack Warner had said that on Friday, April 12, 2013, former deputy commissioner of police Mervyn Richardson came to the Parliament and informed him that a packet containing four ounces of marijuana was found outside a window of the prime minister's private residence at Phillipine.