Ramjattan decries recklessness, negligence after cocaine goes missing from police HQ

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that ranks from the Guyana Police Force would have to bear some of the blame for the disappearance of a quantity of cocaine from Police Headquarters, Eve Leary on Tuesday.

“We have some elements in the police force that are, if they are not totally reckless, they’re so negligent that you have to put blame on some of them,” Ramjattan told reporters following the commissioning of a property room at the Criminal Investigation Department’s headquarters, where he noted that the situation would shine a “negative light” on the police force.

“We do have some systems in place but I suppose it’s being violated too often and that is why we want a property room where there will be proper record keeping,” Ramjattan, added.