A police officer has been charged with bribery. He was arrested by officers of the Anti-Corruption Bureau during a sting operation on Thursday evening. The officer is assigned to the St Joseph Police Station. It is alleged he was caught taking a $6,000 bribe from a businessman outside a bar in St Joseph.
It is alleged the officer promised to tear up the report on an accident and hand over the medical on the victim. Up to late yesterday he was in custody. Senior Supt Solomon Koon Koon, Insps Peter Dominique, Augustus Kato, Sgts Garth Campbell, Anthony Boucan and Ravi Nanan took part in the exercise.