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Al­though se­nior po­lice of­fi­cers have de­nied re­ports of a fi­nan­cial probe in­to the ac­qui­si­tion of sniper ri­fles by the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA), sources with­in an in­ves­tiga­tive unit in­sist that a re­view of fi­nan­cial records is high­ly like­ly.

On Mon­day, sources close to the in­ves­ti­ga­tion said of­fi­cers from the White Col­lar Crime Bu­reau are like­ly to meet with of­fi­cials from the of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) to dis­cuss a pos­si­ble fi­nan­cial an­gle in the on­go­ing probe in­to al­le­ga­tions of mis­con­duct by sus­pend­ed po­lice com­mis­sion­er Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher.

How­ev­er, at a me­dia brief­ing yes­ter­day, Act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Ju­nior Ben­jamin de­nied re­ports that a fi­nan­cial probe was un­der­way. “The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice is not con­duct­ing any in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to Com­mis­sion­er Er­la Christo­pher’s fi­nan­cial records,” he said. “I have asked all per­sons con­cerned, I have done all of the in­ves­ti­ga­tions, speak­ing to my se­nior of­fi­cers in the ACP White Col­lar and DCP In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions, and it is ab­solute­ly clear to me that the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice is not con­duct­ing any such in­ves­ti­ga­tion.”