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Cop arrested over phone stolen from US-bound passenger

The police have arrested one of their own for allegedly stealing a cellular phone from an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

According to a police release, a member of the Special Constabulary who was on duty at the scanner at the airport was arrested last Friday after he allegedly stole a cellular phone from an outgoing passenger bound for the United States.

Meanwhile, another police officer has also been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe while manning a roadblock on the East Bank.

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28 Responses to “Cop arrested over phone stolen from US-bound passenger”

lambada
on September 2nd, 2008 6:40 am

please; make sure the goats are separated from the sheep.

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bgsbny
on September 2nd, 2008 7:42 am

…… and yet more to come ! plz stay tuned …..

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decanadianCarlVeecock
on September 2nd, 2008 8:30 am

I wonder what BigK and mackydog would have to say about this;

Of course Ulric and coolieman must make their contrinbutions to
my contribution.

Right?

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coolieman
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 5:01 pm:
Carl i already said Green should get rid of the corrupt guys in the GPF that is why they took so long to get Fineman and so much criminals are escaping but then we will hear discrimination

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mackydog
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 9:05 pm:
Carl,
So many times I say to have the criminals in the police force who take bribe and free prisoners like Skinny and Fineman and the others to be locked up just like the other criminals in jail. Without these crooks, crime will be less. I don’t like the police, but when they do a good job (Skinny/Fineman) I say kudos, but when they thief, do drugs or else, I say jail them. Fair is fair.

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j. brown
on September 2nd, 2008 9:46 am

they must thief and take bribe, because they work hard, and for long hours, not being paid overtime, get paid next to nothing, they have families to maintain, and the cost of living is very high. not condoning, but the authorities need to take the curren situation into consideration. they thief and take bribe too, just that they are not easily caught. and when caught, the matter has to go to the DPP, who comes up with NO CHARGES. THAT IS GT NOW.

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Sweet lips STK
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 6:44 pm:
j Brown,I like that, you are true they need to pay Police alot more,how can a Police and family live when have to pay rent,eat,travel for work,to pay for prisoners to go to court, and bills come on mr Greene

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MR, WEST.BANK
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 9:08 pm:
You are so right J.brown the DPP still holding Steven Mari files over
a year now i bet that when it release it will be the same like GILHOUSE.

Some police men and women salary maybe small but when
they hit the road they know how to make ends meet, some of
them throwing fifteen (15.000) thousand dollars a day box hand.

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torbo
on September 2nd, 2008 9:54 am

it comes back to the very issues we have talked about on this blogg,
pay the police officers a decent salary and retrain them every 4 months about what their responsibilities are to the public, airline pilots have to be retrain every 6 months and their health check also, the same must be for all police officers in guyana PERIOD..

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colt45
on September 2nd, 2008 10:01 am

Weed out the bad eggs. They are giving the GPF a poor image.

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torbo
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 11:17 am:
well is the whole police force got a poor image

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GT787
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 12:32 pm:
As a former member of the force l was once told by an “Old Police” upon complaining about no action being taken concerning some skulduggery. “Boy! Fish does start rotten from the head”.

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Hugo
on September 2nd, 2008 10:18 am

What’s new.

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amen-ra
on September 2nd, 2008 10:27 am

This is what we don’t need rogue cops.

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FISHERMAN
on September 2nd, 2008 11:01 am

SHAME SHAME SHAME ON ,GPF,WHO WILL WATCH THE RAT WHEN THE CAT IS LOCKED UP

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david pete
on September 2nd, 2008 2:17 pm

I am not in agreement with what the police did but situations make people do things especially when they cannot resist temptation, so he has to suffer the consequences.

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dewayne
on September 2nd, 2008 3:55 pm

Finally dem police being arrested for bribe…is that for real. That is like saying enough is enough ahahah. The funny thing is that when that officer at the airport stole the passenger handset he probably said “hand a nice day” ahhaah

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allison
on September 2nd, 2008 4:03 pm

these ops too regular now; somoething serious MUST be done about their disgraceful behaviour.Look how affordable cell phones are now in GT; people from down there texting we up here man.

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StoneP
on September 2nd, 2008 4:21 pm

I left Guyana in 1983 and visited in 1989. There was a constable at the airport that demanded that my mother give him a few american dollars so he could buy a couple of drinks for his buddies…….I see things have not changed much at the Airport.

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StoneP
on September 2nd, 2008 4:21 pm

One additional comment…TSA Agents in US (same breed)

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MACK
on September 2nd, 2008 6:01 pm

Everyone in Guyana is being paid low wages. Does this mean they should start taking bribes and ripping off customers? It is a shame that public servants don’t have the pride of the service they represent. Police in Guyana use their power to take advantage of the people. Bad Government workers need to be weeded out of the system. We need to educate Guyanese, that they should respect themselves and the laws of the country. This seems to be missing in their daily lives.

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Sweet lips STK
In reply to the above comment on September 2nd, 2008 7:29 pm:
Mack sorry you wasen”t a Government worker.

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SA
on September 2nd, 2008 11:37 pm

Business as usual

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bgsbny
on September 3rd, 2008 5:47 am

……. the crux of the matter is ,,all here,, and in GY,, that is grumbling abt how the pay is not adequate for a crime free suvival ,, should first be realising that this govt: is paying back the two billion that many who are in the ABC lands now ,, left with suitcases loaded ! how much were they making during the “regal reign ? ” i see no reason to blame the PPP ,, every one is being paid according to the budget of the govt: and the ignominous behavior of the police is not anything new to any one ,, that was happeninglong ,,, long b4 the PPP was given the mandate to manage the peoples business ,,

ask urself this ,, since the govt: of the pnc was “removed ” and “replaced” by a democratic leadership ,, how much have been “restored ” since in the face of all the destabilisation ,, many still have jobs ,, and there are many who work for the same wages/salary ,, but find it disgraceful to engage in the nefarios activities of these ,, maladjusted ,, malcontented,, misguided miscreants !,, to which those in the pnc ,, condone and without any fore thought that it is all their doing that is the bone of contention abt the inability to survive on what their take home pay ammounts to !……………

talk is the cheapest commodity on the planet ,, go figure !…….

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MOST
on September 6th, 2008 1:43 pm

I know people who left Gov’t jobs(public servants,police ranks,army ranks) at home in Guyana to seek out greener pastures and I don’t really blame them.To them working under these corrupt authorities will only give them a bad image.To get rid of the rotten apples one has to start looking from the top and go down the ladder but then people can get victimised or killed with no recourse,hence one would rather flee then be killed or victmised.If those in authority don’t improve it won’t get better.

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AMANDA
on September 7th, 2008 3:05 pm

this is one of the reason our country is so corrupt

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LINBUX
In reply to the above comment on September 8th, 2008 12:24 pm:
Bribery has been going on for years,from way at the top.So why worry now,one out of so many has been caught.Being a former member of the GPF,survival right now is critical in our beautiful Guyana,increase the pay to the members and things might be a bit different.

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Rose
on September 8th, 2008 4:46 pm

Unless there is honesty, we will never make it………..

With the new VAT, looks like it’s working!!

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