A Police Constable attached to the Organized Crime Investigation Division, OCID, Fredrick Morant, has been arrested and charged with simple larceny.
Constable Morant was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court earlier this week.
As conditions of his bail, the policeman is to surrender his travel documents and have his fingerprints taken.
Additionally a stop order has been placed on him at all ports of exit.
Constable Morant is booked to reappear in court on August 26.
The charge against him stems from an incident that occurred during a police operation at a business place in downtown Kingston.
Its alleged that during the operation, Constable Morant stole an undetermined sum of money from the operators of the business.
A report was made to the police Anti-Corruption Branch and a file prepared and sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which ruled that he be charged.
