Police Detective Sergeant of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Elfannando Newman of Lot 1699 Plot B Herstelling, East Bank Demerara was today charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) with Larceny by a Public Officer.
He appeared before his Worship Sunil Scarce at Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate Court, where the charge was read. The Administration of Justice Act was applied, and he pleaded not guilty. He was granted bail in the sum of G$100,000. The matter was adjourned to July 8, 2022, for the statement to be filed with the court.
The charge stated that between February 27 2021 and March 1, 2021, at the Timehri Police Station, East Bank Demerara, he stole 3,122 grams of cannabis.
According to SOCU, ranks stationed at the Highway Police Patrol Base on February 27, 2022, searched a motorcar that had three occupants; two males and a female, and found three large parcels of cannabis leaves, seeds, and stems, which weighed about 45 to 50 pounds.
One of the males, who was the driver of the car, offered the rank who found the narcotics, $2 million and three ounces of gold, but the rank refused his offer. The narcotic and suspects were escorted to Timehri Police Station and handed over to Sergeant Newman, who weighed the narcotic and claimed that it was 3,122 grams, but he never lodged the drugs. He, instead, allegedly took possession of same.
