Miguel Segura
News Five has confirmed reports that three Police officers stationed in the west were busted with contraband goods on Sunday on the Arenal Road. Acting on information received, at a little after four Sunday evening Customs personnel went to the Arenal road where they observed two vehicles and ordered them to stop. One vehicle did, but the other sped off and Customs set chase. When they did manage to stop it, they found two Police officers and a civilian inside. The vehicle was being driven by one of the officers, who appeared intoxicated. In that vehicle Customs allegedly found seven and a half cases of contraband beer, three cases of soft-drinks, fireworks and cigarettes. The vehicle which stopped when ordered to do so was searched, and customs personnel found eleven cases of beer. A third Police officer was in that vehicle. Today News Five asked Acting Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura about the incident.
Miguel Segura, Acting Commissioner of Police
“I was briefed about an incident over the weekend. Hopefully I need to confirm it with customs and the media needs to confirm it with customs I will advise. In this case the police will normally get a report from the agency itself and if there is a violation with the disciplinary code we will proceed also with that, there is no two ways about it. The zero tolerance that commissioner has in terms of the violation of the police act. But we are being guided and supported in this operation by the customs so we will also assist us in the proceedings if we will proceed disciplinary. I was briefed that in respect a customs operations, three officers were intercepted with a substantial amount of contraband, But I may suggest that the media gets the exact amount from customs who were on the operation themselves. It’s a prejudice to go undisciplined with is a violation under the Police Act.”
The goods were valued at three thousand dollars. Fortunately, for the officers concerned, the civilians claimed responsibility and the matter was settled out of court with the payment of a fine. News Five understands that one of the officers is attached to the Benque Viejo Police Station while the two others are stationed at the San Ignacio Police Station.
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