Police accused of “robbing God”

Jun 13, 2012 News

– woman’s tithes vanish during arms and ammo search

A young mother of three is accusing the police of “robbing God” when they removed money from her house during what turned out to be an unauthorized search.
The woman who asked not to be named is accusing the police of stealing $18,000 from a box in her Campbellville Housing Scheme apartment last Thursday. The money represented her monthly tithes and rent.
The woman told Kaieteur News that she and her children, along with an elderly relative, occupy the bottom flat of the house. She said that no one except the elderly relative was at home when a jeepload of police ranks swooped down on her home.
According to the woman, without warning the police entered her apartment and began searching, even as the elderly occupant awoke and questioned them as to the purpose of their presence. The ranks reportedly did not answer and it was not until the landlord, who was in the yard, intervened, that the ranks informed that they were carrying a search for illegal firearms.
The woman said that it turned out that her apartment was targeted by mistake, since in the midst of the search a man on a motorcycle came up and informed the ranks that they were at the wrong place and they eventually left without offering an apology.
The woman said that she only learnt of the search when she returned home later that afternoon.
“I don’t have a problem with them searching, because I don’t have anything to hide,” she said.
“The old lady was asleep and she said when she opened her eyes she saw one of the policemen standing over her,” she added.
The woman said that she did not miss anything until the following day when she went to the small box where she would usually stash her rent money and tithes.
To the shock of the single-parent, the $18,000 she had placed there had vanished.
Her mind immediately raced back to the police search the previous day.
“I would always leave money there and it would always be there whenever I need it, they (police) were the only strangers in the house,” the woman explained.
She said that she subsequently went to the Prashad Nagar Police Outpost to report the matter but was referred to the Kitty Police Station where she eventually made the official report.
“The money is already gone, I can’t get it back, but I want the person who took it to know what it is that he picked up; my tithes to God,” the woman said.

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