{"id":132990,"date":"2021-07-12T09:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=132990"},"modified":"2021-07-12T09:28:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:28:29","slug":"politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Politician allegedly found in the company of men with drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REAL NEWS: Three out of four men are in custody, assisting the Police with investigations into an alleged drug offence, while the fourth man \u2013 said to be a Minister of Government \u2013 has not been detained.<\/p>

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A Police source tells REAL News that the four were playing dominoes in a St. Paul location, on Saturday night, when officers from the Liberta Police Station turned up and began a search.<\/p>\n

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It is alleged that a bag containing a significant amount of cannabis was discovered under the table where the four men were seated at their game.<\/p>

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As a consequence of the find, three of the men were taken away, along with the drug, while the Member of Parliament was not, the Police source claims.<\/p>

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Our News Room was told that the Police are considering bringing charges against the three detainees, including possession of a controlled substance and, possibly, possession with intent to transfer.<\/p>\n

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The failure to hold the law-maker for similar questioning has caused some resentment and murmuring among other police officers, the source adds. They complain that it supports the public\u2019s criticism that all persons are not equal before the law.<\/p>

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Only last Friday, on the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of Customs Officer Nigel Christian, his relatives and members of the Concerned Citizens group posed a question to the Police Force: \u201cWhat about the fourth suspect?\u201d<\/p>\n

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They were referring to the arrest of three men in connection with Christian\u2019s abduction and murder, reported to have been carried out by four bandits.<\/p>

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One critic points out that, to date, not even a Wanted Bulletin has been issued by the Police for the fourth man; neither has his identity been disclosed so that the public can assist in his capture.<\/p>

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\u201cPolice lock up who they want to lock up; not who guilty,\u201d says a City South woman. \u201cBut people know; they know….\u201d<\/p>\n

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REAL NEWS: Three out of four men are in custody, assisting the Police with investigations into an alleged drug offence, while the fourth man \u2013 said to be a Minister of Government \u2013 has not been detained.   A Police source tells REAL News that the four were playing dominoes in a St. Paul location, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"\nPolitician allegedly found in the company of men with drugs - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Politician allegedly found in the company of men with drugs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"REAL NEWS: Three out of four men are in custody, assisting the Police with investigations into an alleged drug offence, while the fourth man \u2013 said to be a Minister of Government \u2013 has not been detained.   A Police source tells REAL News that the four were playing dominoes in a St. Paul location, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-12T13:28:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/police-investigation-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Politician allegedly found in the company of men with drugs\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-12T13:28:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-12T13:28:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"commentCount\":21,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1280\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/police-investigation-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Crime\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/politician-allegedly-found-in-the-company-of-men-with-drugs\/\",\"name\":\"Politician allegedly found in the company of men with drugs - 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