Three police officers, have been granted own bail in the sum of $60,000 each, when they appeared before a Master of the High Court today, charged with Corruption.
No. 13646 W/Sgt. ANDREA SMITH, No. 20160 PC KEEGAN QUAMINA and No. 10412 PC DARRYL HALLS, were each charged with Corruptly Soliciting a Bribe in the sum of $6,000 and Corruptly Receiving a Bribe in the sum of $5,000, contrary to Section 3 (1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, when they appeared before Master Rhea Libert, in the Chaguanas North Criminal Court, today, Tuesday 16th September, 2025.
The accused were also ordered to stay 100 feet away from the victim.
A victim reported to police that on June 17th, 2025, he proceeded to a location in the Central Division where he met with one of his employees, a Venezuelan national in the company of what appeared to be three police officers; one female in plain clothes and two males. They were standing close to a marked police vehicle.
During a conversation with the officers, the female officer, who identified herself as a Woman Sergeant of Police, allegedly made certain accusations against the victim and his employee, which the victim denied.
The woman then allegedly threatened to arrest the victim and his employee unless they handed over $6,000.
The victim reportedly retrieved $5,000 from his vehicle and was instructed to place the cash in the back seat of the police vehicle.
The victim allegedly told the woman, she could visit his business place to get the rest of the money, to which she allegedly agreed.
A report of the incident was made to the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) and an investigation launched which resulted in the arrest of three suspects.
The investigation was spearheaded by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Suzette Martin, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Richard Smith, Snr. Supt. Kirk, Supt. Jankee, W/ASP Bacchus, W/Insp. Guy, Sgt. (Ag.) Mohammed and other members of the PSB.
The charges against the three officers were laid following consultations with the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal.