| – scale fence, haul away carSeveral police ranks are being questioned in connection with an unauthorised raid on Wednesday night at the Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara home of a city auto dealer.The ranks, who are all from Georgetown, allegedly scaled the fence of the businessman’s home and cut the padlock to his gate.They then towed away a car that the businessman’s employees had seized from a customer who had fallen behind in his payments.Police officials confirmed yesterday that the customer has been detained, and investigations are underway to ascertain whether he solicited the assistance of the police ranks to seize the car and return it to him.According to a source, some of the ranks are likely to be placed under close arrest.Meanwhile,NFL Jerseys Supply, the car,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, a Toyota Carina, has been impounded at the Sparendaam Police Station. Kaieteur News understands that about 14 police ranks descended on the auto dealer’s property, at around 23:00 hrs on Wednesday,NFL Jerseys From China, after informing the lone security guard that they had received reports that the vehicle was used in a robbery on the East Coast of Demerara. It is alleged that the policemen then cut the gate padlock and hauled the car away with a tow truck.“Their intention, allegedly, was to give it back (to the customer),” a police official told Kaieteur News.However, a senior police official learned of the illegal raid and ordered the ranks to lodge the vehicle at the Sparendaam Police Station. The businessman’s wife told Kaieteur Newsyesterday that the vehicle at the centre of the investigation was sold to a city resident some time ago.However, the customer fell behind in his payments and, on Wednesday,NFL Jerseys From China, her husband had the vehicle repossessed.Kaieteur News understands that the customer is some $800,China NFL Jerseys,000 in arrears.The woman alleged that she and her husband had retired to their room on Wednesday night when their security guard informed her husband that “a carload” of policemen wanted to see him about one of his vehicles which was used in a robbery.The businessman alleged that none of the ranks identified themselves to the guard.According to the businessman’s wife,Cheap NFL Jerseys, her husband thought that it would be unwise for him to come out of his house at that time of the night, and therefore asked the guard to tell the ranks to return in the morning.However, shortly after, the guard informed the couple that the police ranks had scaled the fence and had snapped the gate padlock.They were subsequently informed that the policemen were having the vehicle hauled away.The businesswoman said that they contacted a senior police official at the Brickdam Police Station.The family also filed complaints at the Sparendaam and Cove and John Police Stations, and contacted their attorney.The woman contended that the car was still their property, since the customer had failed to pay his arrears. |
