Cops given go ahead to charge firemen

After two weeks of investigations, police have obtained legal advice to institute charges against the firemen who are accused of stealing valuables from crew members and passengers from the Fly Jamaica airplane that crash-landed here earlier this month.

Yesterday, police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan provided an update on the investigation. He disclosed that one of the dozen firemen who are accused of stealing will be charged with simple larceny while the others will be charged with “having under their control articles reasonably suspected to have been stolen.”

He noted that the men are likely to appear in court this week but was not in a position to give a definite date.