Merai cooperating with local investigators

Steve Merai

 

Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai is cooperating with local investigators probing the alleged ties between members of the Guyana Police Force hierarchy and the drug trade, police said in a statement today.

The statement is in response to a news story published in Monday’s edition of the Kaieteur News, which said Merai had revealed to “sources close” to him that he would only cooperate with international investigators, while noting that he had informants to protect.

“Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai wishes to inform the general public that at no time did he ever tell anyone that he is more inclined to cooperate with an international Commission of Inquiry and was not willing to cooperate with local police investigators,” Guyana Police Force spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker said in a statement.

“He is currently cooperating