A bribery charge has been dismissed against traffic ranks, Chris Brown and Mark Collins.
Back in July 2018, the two ranks appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, charged for corruptly obtaining $10,000 from Iyana Hutson, as an inducement to forgo charges against Dwayne Dover who allegedly committed a traffic offence.
The charge against them was dismissed today by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly who upheld a no-case submission made by their lawyers. This publication understands that while Brown was discharged for the Guyana Police Force following the charge, his colleague was interdicted. Based on information, on December 07, 2017, Brown and Collins were lured into a sting operation.
It was reported that Dover was driving a Canter truck in the vicinity of Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, when he was intercepted for a traffic offence by the ranks. It was also reported that Brown allegedly solicited $15,000 from Dover to forgo the charge against him. Police had contended that it was then Dover contacted his supervisor who wrote down the serial numbers of some bills.
He then notified a police sergeant at the Ruimveldt Police Station of the incident and gave him the serial numbers. The supervisor reportedly went down to the Ruimveldt Police Station where she handed over $10,000 to Brown, who allegedly gave another traffic rank the cash. The two ranks were later searched and police retrieved the cash, with the corresponding serial numbers. Both Brown and Collins had been out on bail pending trial.
