THE police yesterday named the member of the prime minister’s security team who was held on Sunday with the motorcar of a missing taxi operator from Yallahs, St Thomas as Corporal Randolph Mullings from the Protective Services Division – the police arm that provides security detail for mainly government officials.

Mullings was accosted in Bull Bay, St Andrew where he was spotted driving around in the blue Toyota Corolla, bearing licence plate 93929 EY, which Adrian Ricardo Clarke operated as a taxi before he went missing on June 26. The cop was taken to the Yallahs Police Station where he was interrogated for several hours.

Mullings, according to a source close to the case, allegedly told investigators that he had bought the car. The documents for the vehicle, however, appeared to be forged while the police say modifications were also made to the vehicle.

Yesterday, the police’s information arm, the Constabulary Communication Network, said the police were investigating Mullings and three other men, who have also been detained for their alleged role in a stolen motor vehicle ring.

Meanwhile, the police said they are seeking the public’s help in locating Clarke, otherwise called ‘Rickey’ and ‘One Gun’, of Poor Man’s Corner in St Thomas in connection with the case. Clarke, the police said, walks with a limp to the right foot, is of dark complexion, slim built and approximately 170 centimetres tall. The 21-year-old was last seen wearing a pair of knee-length jeans pants, and a red jersey with red, beige and yellow stripes on the sleeves.

The police have also asked members of the public who can assist in finding the whereabouts of Clarke to call 119, 811, 311 or the Morant Bay Police Station at 982-2446.