St. Andrew South Special Corporal arrested

A Special Corporal from the St. Andrew South Division was Wednesday arrested by members of the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) on Reasonable Suspicion of Breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.          

Allegations are that Wednesday morning a Joint Police and Military Task Force carried out an operation in the Kingston 11 area and took four men into custody.

The men, who are all related, were brought in for processing.  

Later that day, one of the policemen contacted family members and demanded a sum of $10,000 to release the men.  

A report was made to the ACB, after which a sting operation was set up.     

It was during this sting operation that the policeman was held after he collected the money. 

He is presently in custody and a case file is being prepared for submission to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a ruling.