Officers Released After Allegations of Facilitating Drug Plane Landing

The two officers from the Anti-Narcotics and Special Patrol Units who were detained over the recent drug plane landing near Graham Creek, Toledo, have been released. Reports say their names were on a list of people who allegedly received fifty thousand dollars for helping with the landing. However, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams stated that no other evidence has been found to link them to the crime. We asked Williams for an update on the investigation today.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“We put together an investigative team of senior investigators to investigate that matter to see if there was anything credible to the information. And so far we have not been able to unearth anything to indicate that those officers were involved in a plane landing. Of course, the investigation remains active. They have also agreed for the devices to be searched. That is going to be done by the DEA agents. And again, the fact that they agreed to that shows how transparent they want to be with the investigation. In terms of cooperating, I’m not going to put the cart ahead of the horse at this time. I believe that we can be judged in terms of what we did when we, once we received information, they were brought in, they were interviewed and they remaining custody for fourty-eight hours was like, we’d have done any person. So there was no special treatment given to them. But at the end of the day, we have to be fair to people. If there’s nothing to indicate anything further of their involvement, then they had to be released, some custody while the investigation continues.”

 

Reporter

”Should these officers be placed on administrative leave also can the ANU be trusted to handle this investigation. Because one of their members not charged, one of their members was implicated by something that you have seen evidence of?”

 

Chester Williams

“The ANU is not in charge of the investigation. The investigation has been done by senior investigator, some major crime headed by Superintendent Gonzalez. And the DEA agent or attache is also a part of overseen investigation. So they’re they’re getting information as well. And, at the end of the day, if it is that the investigation not showing anything to the effect that they are involved, then we will have to move on. It’s as simple as that.”

 

Reporter

“Can you speak about the detention of the Graham Creek?”

 

Chester Williams

“We had received a number of information and based on that, again the police, the investigative team again, had moved into that area and they had detained two individuals from there. What we were getting was that they were involved in some respect or some aspect of the plane landing. They were brought in, they were interviewed. I think there was information on one cell phone showing the tree that was cut to the entrance of where the plane had landed, which would show that he knew of it. Again, our interviews, in respect of that matter, is ongoing. The investigators are still out trying to collect as much as they can to see if we will be able to gather little bit more so that we’ll be able to charge these people if they need, if the evidence should surface.”