Proceeds of Crime Unit Reports Success

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Thursday, 07 February 2013 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St. John's - The Proceeds of Crime Unit has reported another successful cash forfeiture under the Money Laundering Prevention Act of 1996.

Last April, Annesia Crooks, of Jamaica, arrived at the VC Bird International Airport and was discovered with a substantial amount of US currency which she had failed to declare to customs. Officers found a total of $US10,000 when they searched her.

The matter was reported to the police, and the Police Proceeds of Crime Unit (PCU) immediately launched an investigation to determine the derivation of the currency.

On April 4, 2012, an application was filed in the Magistrate’s Court to have the money detained by the court as the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity. The court, satisfied with the application, issued a detention order for the money.

The matter was heard before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh on February 4, and she concluded that the money was in fact the proceeds of some illegal activity and forfeited the money to the State.

Last July, shortly after the Proceeds of Crime Unit was formed, a successful forfeiture of $17,800 was made after a resident of Yorks was arrested and charged with larceny.

Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Christian commended the efforts of the attorney general, the Customs and Excise Department, and particularly the members of the Proceeds of Crime Unit, headed by Inspector Morrison Thomas, for their continued commitment in the fight against financial crimes.


Attempted Suicide

The police are investigating a report of an attempted suicide, after a 59-year-old Golden Grove man was hospitalised for allegedly attempting to take his own life.

Officers were alerted after a family member discovered the man in the Botanical Gardens area, after he apparently ingested rat poison on Tuesday morning.

Paramedics took the man to the Mount St John’s Medical Center, where he is receiving further medical treatment. Investigations are ongoing.
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The police are investigating a stabbing incident that left a 20 year old from Fort Road at the Mount St John’s Medical Center nursing a wound to his chest .

It was reported that the young man and a fellow resident of the area got into an altercation on the basketball court. As the victim was walking away, his aggressor allegedly used a scissors to stab him.

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The victim was rushed to the hospital, where his condition was reported to be stable. Another Fort Road resident is in police custody assisting with investigations into the matter. The incident took place at around 3:40 pm on Tuesday.

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