Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ju­nior Ben­jamin has con­firmed that the Fi­nan­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Branch (FIB) is prob­ing the source, method, and tim­ing of the US$950,000 pay­ment made to Adid­ja “Vy­bz Kar­tel” Palmer by a lo­cal pro­mot­er to ap­pear at last Sat­ur­day’s One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val.

Ben­jamin was speak­ing at a ve­hi­cle han­dover cer­e­mo­ny yes­ter­day at the Po­lice Acad­e­my in St James, where 67 Toy­ota RAV4 SU­Vs were of­fi­cial­ly com­mis­sioned for use by the po­lice ser­vice across the coun­try.

Ben­jamin said while “the TTPS has not re­ceived any for­mal re­port on the mat­ter”, they are pro­ceed­ing with their own in­ves­ti­ga­tion.