Police have detained a minibus driver and a civilian after recovering three motorcycles that were smuggled into the country through Lethem.
A release stated that around 12:55 hrs yesterday, ranks at a roadblock at Wisroc, Wismar, stopped and searched a minibus in which three motor cycles that had been brought into the country illegally through Lethem were found.
The civilian driver and a civilian passenger have been arrested and are in police custody.
A policeman who was also a passenger in the vehicle was placed under close arrest after he was found to have left his station district without permission.
The release added that contrary to an article posted on the Demerara Waves Website, no police rank has been arrested in relation to the motor cycles.