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Man in custody for giving false information

Sep 22, 2008 News

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A 23-year-old Good Faith, Mahaicony man is in police custody after he allegedly gave false information to ranks at the Fort Wellington Police Station.

The man told police ranks that he was robbed, but this apparently turned out to be an untruth.
According to a senior police official in Berbice, on Friday, at about 15:15 hours, the man, who is said to be a sales representative of the Mahaicony Rice Mills, reported to the police that he had withdrawn the sum of $1,340,400 for the company from the Rosignol branch of the Republic Bank.

He had allegedly placed the cash in a haversack and left it under the front seat of motor car PHH 6344, which he owns and was driving at the time.

He proceeded to Bush Lot, on the West Coast of Berbice, and stopped in front of a restaurant with the intention of purchasing a bottle of water.

He told police ranks that he locked the car, and two men who were in a blue 4×4 vehicle stopped and held him at knife point.

He further said that the two men forcefully opened his car door with a crow bar and removed the money from under the driver’s seat, thereafter speeding away in a waiting vehicle.

This allegedly happened at about 14:00 hrs, and the matter was reported about 90 minutes later.
Police ranks visited the scene and eventually found the haversack at Cottage Public Road on the West Coast of Berbice. It was said to be empty. After the interrogation on Friday, the man was sent away but the ranks continued their intense investigation, since there were several unanswered questions.

On Saturday, the man was arrested based on new evidence uncovered. After being grilled, the man admitted that he was not robbed and that he went into a Chinese restaurant and left the money in the car. He said that he purchased and consumed some food. He claimed that he spent about half an hour in the restaurant, and when he returned to the car he discovered the money missing.

Police reports further state that the suspect called a senior official of the company for which he works. The suspect told ranks that this official said to him that the money was insured, and that he must say he was robbed so that they can claim from the insurance company.

The matter is still under investigation, and detectives are still to locate the senior official of the company, who has apparently become illusive. During the course of the investigation, the police arrested several persons in connection with the report.

The man in custody is likely to be charged with giving false information to the police.

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