A
alexk
Guest
Two Special Reserve Police officers have been each granted $200,000 bail after appearing in court charged with robbing two men in separate incidents, earlier this year.
PCs Navindra Sinanan, 41, of McBean Village, Couva, and Nigel Dhanpat, 38, of Tumpuna Road, Arima, appeared before Magistrate Christine Charles in the Chaguanas Magistrate’s Court, on Monday, on four charges of misbehaviour in public office.
Dhanpat and Sinanan were last assigned to the Chaguanas Rapid Response Unit.
The first incident occurred on January 27 when they responded to a report of a fight between a man and a woman at Price Plaza, Chaguanas.
Sinanan and Dhanpat separated the couple and allegedly took the 19-year-old man to Penco Street, Chagunas, where they are accused of robbing him of two Samsung S8 cellphones and a quantity of cash, before letting him go.
The second occurred almost three months later on March 24. The duo was reportedly on patrol along the Chaguanas Main Road when they forced a 52-year-old produce vendor into their vehicle.
They are accused of robbing the man of $100 worth of produce, $400 in cash and only allegedly releasing him after he bought them, $40 in drinks.
The officers were charged after an investigation led by Senior Supt Andy Belfon was completed last week.
The duo is expected to reappear in court on December 11.