A Guyana Police Force corporal was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he was charged with obtaining gifts of gold in exchange for obstructing investigations into a marijuana matter.
The court heard that between February 1 and 20, at Ekereku, Essequibo, Ronald Fraser, 43, of Supenaam Creek, being an agent employed by the state of Guyana, corruptly obtained for himself from Mark Williamson, 1 ounce of raw gold valued $200,000, 9 pennyweights of gold worth $90,000 and 3 pennyweights of gold valued $60,000 as an inducement or reward for forbearing to conduct investigations in relation to marijuana suspected to be Williamson’s.
