Fourth J’can police officer questioned in connection with US drug ring
A fourth Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officer is
being questioned in connection with an incident in which three of her
colleagues were arrested in the United States.
Late
Wednesday evening, the Jamaica Constabulary Force in a release confirmed that
three of their members were arrested in the United States on drug-related
charges.
The
fourth officer, who returned to Jamaica Tuesday, is said to be undergoing interrogation
as it believed that she was involved
in a drug ring which resulted in three of her colleagues being held in the US.
According
to the JCF, the officers’ arrests were as a result of information sharing
between the local law enforcement and their US counterparts.
“The
Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is confirming that following ongoing
investigations and intelligence sharing between the JCF and its United States
counterparts, three Jamaican Police Officers- two males and one female, were
arrested and charged for narcotics related offences,” read a release from the
JCF.
Two
of the officers, said to be a married couple, were arrested in Charlotte,
North Carolina while the third was apprehended in Atlanta, Georgia.
According
to a BUZZ source, one officer had
been flagged by an airport security officer after he was said to be acting
strangely.
All four officers are
residents of St James.
