Champagne farmer tried to bribe cops with $150,000 – police

The police say that a thirty-six year old farmer of Champagne, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara was yesterday afternoon arrested and placed in custody for allegedly attempting to bribe two ranks stationed at the Mahaicony Police Station with $150,000 to release his brother Bishomit Rajkumar who is in custody awaiting to be escorted to the Georgetown Prison to commence a two-year sentence for Unlawful Wounding committed on Asif Alli of Champagne, Mahaicony, ECD, which was handed down in absentia on May 12, 2017. He was arrested on the warrant yesterday at 4pm.

The exhibits have been lodged and the suspect would be arraigned before a Magistrate soon, the police said.