KINGSTON, Jamaica — A district constable is facing charges of simple larceny and possession of criminal property following the alleged theft of over $400,000 at the Financial Investigations Division (FNID) facility on Monday, September 14.

The accused has been identified as 31-year-old Shaneek Plummer of Innswood Village, St Catherine, who was assigned to the division at the time.

Reports are that between 6:00 am and 6:30 am on Monday, a constable stationed at the FNID temporarily left a bag containing over $650,000 in cash in his office to use the restroom. When he returned, he discovered that a portion of the cash was missing. Supervisors were notified, and an internal investigation was launched.

Plummer was subsequently arrested on the compound after she was caught attempting to conceal the cash. The funds were fully recovered and verified as the exact amount reported missing.

A file was prepared and submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which advised laying criminal charges against her.

Addressing the breach of trust, the Director of FNID, Superintendent of Police Patrae Rowe, reaffirmed that the division holds its personnel to the highest operational and ethical standards.

“FNID handles some of the most sensitive investigations in Jamaica. That demands absolute and unshakable integrity from every member who walks through our doors,” Superintendent Rowe stated. “Stealing from a colleague is a profound betrayal of the JCF. We do not hesitate to investigate our own, as criminality has no place within these walls.”

Plummer was scheduled to appear before the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court Thursday, September 17, to answer the charge.

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