January 11, 2022

Police Sergeant Charged In Connection With Missing TTPS Galil Rifle

By Newsroom

A Police Sergeant has been charged with two counts of Misbehavior in public office, in connection with a missing Galil rifle which went missing from the San Juan Police Sub-Station in December.

Sergeant Hector Quashie was granted $250,000 bail when he appeared before a Justice of the Peace to answer the charges.

The full charges are:

-Misbehaviour in Public Office to wit by willfully neglecting or failing to secure a Galil firearm, fitted with two magazines, issued to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, the property of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, and,

– Misbehaviour in Public Office to wit by willfully neglecting or failing to secure 70 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, issued to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, the property of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

Sergeant Quashie will reappear in court on February 10th.

Acting Commissioner of Police Mc Donald Jacob assures the public that investigations are ongoing with the objective of retrieving the firearm and ammunition and bringing the perpetrators of the crime to justice.

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