A Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Prosecutor has found himself in some hot water. He was caught in a sting operation collecting money from a man charged for illegally mining. The payoff was to drop his case.
The prosecutor in question is Sherwin Crandon, a 44-year-old, of George Street, Werk-en-Rust.
In a statement on the matter, the Guyana Police Force said, yesterday, that a gold miner paid them a visit at CID Headquarters at Eve Leary, Georgetown, and related that back in 2019, he was charged by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission ((GGMC) for illegal mining at Blackwater, Mahdia.
The miner later related that Crandon contacted him stating that he is a prosecutor. He said that Crandon told him he is willing to dismiss his case if he pays him $300,000 and that if he does not comply then he will be convicted for the offence.
The gold miner said Crandon later gave him a location to meet him; that is a popular bar in Station Street, Kitty, yesterday, just around 16:00 hrs.
With that information given, a sting operation was set up in order to catch Crandon red-handed.
A party of Policemen acting upon information arrested Crandon. Crandon was later identified as being a prosecutor for the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission.
Later, a search uncovered the sum of $300,000 in $5,000 notes was found in his pants pocket. He was then told of the allegation, arrested, and placed into custody.
Crandon admitted that he is a Prosecutor at GGMC and that he was prosecuting an active matter against the gold miner at Mahdia Magistrate’s Court.
This matter has since been transferred to the Diamond Magistrate’s Court. He admitted that he indeed collected the money from the gold miner, but claimed that he wanted to “borrow” the same.
