Glenroy Sinclair, Staff ReporterOUTGOING POLICE Commissioner Francis Forbes has requested the assistance of the British intelligence agency, Scotland Yard, to assist with the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of two men, who were allegedly abducted by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) last December.
"Investigators have since taken into custody a serving member of the police force, who they believe is a significant suspect," Mr. Forbes told The Gleaner yesterday.
Local detectives probing the case of the 'missing men' yesterday said the policeman who has been jailed is likely to appear before an identification parade on Friday.
Reports are that the suspect, who is a sub-officer attached to the Organised Crime Investi-gation Division (OCID), was arrested on the advice of Kent Pantry Q.C., the director of public prosecutions.
Informed police sources said that since last week, investigators have been trying to interrogate the suspect but he has refused to cooperate. Further reports are that the police have completed a profile of the victims to establish who they were and how they lived.
Reports are that on December 23, 2004, Kemar Walters, 20, mechanic of Kitson Town, St. Catherine, and Oliver Duncan, 35, of Olympic Way, St. Andrew, were at the Duhaney Park Plaza, off Washington Boulevard, St. Andrew, when they were abducted by policemen.
The Gleaner understands that the abductors were identified by witnesses as members of the OCID. On Friday, scores of residents mounted a massive demonstration in Kitson Town, from which Walters hails.
Investigations into the matter are being spearheaded by Senior Superintendent Calvin Benjamin and personnel drawn from the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) and the Homicide Division. The police investigators say there is no record at the morgues to indicate that the men are dead.
THIRD TIME FOR
SCOTLAND YARD
This is the third major investigation in recent times, that has seen the outgoing commissioner request the help of Scotland Yard detectives.
In 2002, they were asked to assist with the controversial shooting death of four persons in Kraal, Clarendon. In the end, five policemen, including Senior Superin-tendent Reneto Adams, were ruled charged with murder.
Scotland Yard detectives were again asked to assist with the forensic investigations into the October 2003 controversial shooting in Flankers, St. James, which left two elederly men dead.
That incident prompted both National Security Minister Dr. Peter Phillips and Commissioner Forbes to publicly apologise to the people of Montego Bay.
