Cop charged with stealing US$10,000 from detained man

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted a police officer $75,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with stealing US$10,000 from a man while at the Passport Office.

The court heard that on July 31, at the Central Immigration and Passport Office, Georgetown, Avinash Rambarran, 21, stole US$10,000 valued $2M in local currency, property of Hosaé De Oliveria Castro. The three-year serving member of the Guyana Police Force who resides at 93 Enmore, East Coast Demerara, denied