Requests being made abroad for info on criminal cases, says Home Ministry

The Home Affairs Ministry yesterday disclosed that it made over 15 requests to other countries for information to aid criminal investigations over the last two years, while maintaining that the only information provided on the 2008 pepper sauce cocaine bust was insufficient for local proceedings.

The Ministry made the disclosure in a statement in response to a Sunday Stabroek article, `Failure to request info on pepper sauce cocaine bust proof of gov’t disinterest – Ramjattan,’