Cops charged over $6M bribe to free cocaine smugglers

Four police officers were yesterday charged with accepting bribes to allow drug smugglers to go free after the recent interception of a bus loaded with cocaine at Whim, Corentyne.

Assistant Superintendent Terrence Browne, 48, who was the officer-in-charge of the Whim Police Station where the bus was allegedly detained until $6M was handed over, was released on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty before Magistrate Ann McLennan in a city court yesterday.

But Constables Trevor McKenzie, 26, Shawn McPhoy, 42, and Ray Saul, 27, who are accused of collecting the money and handing over a