PM Says Drug Pushers Weren’t Framing Minister Perez  

On Saturday, Prime Minister John Briceño dismissed claims that the Minister was being framed. He suggested that clever drug traffickers were exploiting the situation, using the unattended boat as a convenient hiding spot for their illicit stash.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“No, I don’t think it’s someone who’s trying to set [him] up. I think it’s someone who was smart because Andre has not been using his boat. It’s just docked there for more than six months. He has not used the boat and they felt that if they put anything there, the police will not think about going to search his boat. But when somebody tipped off the police, the police didn’t care if it was Honorable Andre Perez’s boat. They went to check and they found the drugs. But it has been abundantly clear that Andre had not been using his boat and that these people are – you have to give it to them – they’re quite ingenious. They try to hide it in front of everybody in effect noh.”