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Cops looking into how DSS boss opened pawnshop
Acting Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob says they are looking into how the founder of Drugs Sou Sou (DSS) Kerron Clarke opened a pawnshop.
On Monday, Clarke posted a picture to his Instagram page announcing that he was now licensed to conduct business as a moneylender, pawnbroker and dealer in precious metals, gems and stones.
“Some will congratulate me, others will hate…Welcome to A-to-Z pawnshop. We are officially opened for business,” he captioned it.
Jacob said the police, after seeing the post, started investigating the legitimacy of Clarke’s business venture.
“We are dealing with the whole aspect of the pawnshop, whether or not it was authorised and all of that and who did the authorisation,” he said.
As predicted by Clarke, the opening of his pawnshop evoked mixed emotions among people who invested their money in DSS.
One person said, “Hope the business grows from strength to strength and you’ll continue fighting, working and helping us as a people.
Another asked his followers if they were not congratulating him on his new business because, “Preeze open that pawnshop with my money inno (sic).”
Clarke wrote that he was proud to be the youngest pawnbroker of the first black pawnshop in this country.
Acting Police Commissioner Jacob ensured the public that these investors will get justice. He told Guardian Media that the DSS investigation was completed and was now in the hands of Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC.
“With the DPP, with our Financial Investigative Bureau (FIB) headed by Superintendent Lucas, we can assure them that there will be continued positive results,” he said.
He said there were some matters before the Appeal Court in relation to the seizure of DSS funds and that may be a stumbling block.
“We are waiting on that outcome. We have to wait on the timing of the court so that we can go forward with other charges that may be recommended by the DPP,” he said.
DSS was first raided on September 21, 2020, by officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT). Some $22 million in seized money was reportedly taken to the La Horquetta Police Station but released hours later.
In October, DSS was again raided, this time by officers of the Financial Bureau and approximately $7 million was seized.
According to a post on social media by Clarke, the state has applied to confiscate the money and the matter will be heard in January 2022.
Since the first raid, Clarke, also a Lance Corporal in the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF), was charged with two counts of money laundering on February 9 and was also sent on 83 days annual leave from the TTDF.
Four police officers were also suspended due to the probe.
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supercharged turbo wrote:LOL..this country never ceases to amaze
K74T wrote:Cops looking into how DSS boss opened pawnshop
Acting Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob says they are looking into how the founder of Drugs Sou Sou (DSS) Kerron Clarke opened a pawnshop.
On Monday, Clarke posted a picture to his Instagram page announcing that he was now licensed to conduct business as a moneylender, pawnbroker and dealer in precious metals, gems and stones.
“Some will congratulate me, others will hate…Welcome to A-to-Z pawnshop. We are officially opened for business,” he captioned it.
Jacob said the police, after seeing the post, started investigating the legitimacy of Clarke’s business venture.
“We are dealing with the whole aspect of the pawnshop, whether or not it was authorised and all of that and who did the authorisation,” he said.
As predicted by Clarke, the opening of his pawnshop evoked mixed emotions among people who invested their money in DSS.
One person said, “Hope the business grows from strength to strength and you’ll continue fighting, working and helping us as a people.
Another asked his followers if they were not congratulating him on his new business because, “Preeze open that pawnshop with my money inno (sic).”
Clarke wrote that he was proud to be the youngest pawnbroker of the first black pawnshop in this country.
Acting Police Commissioner Jacob ensured the public that these investors will get justice. He told Guardian Media that the DSS investigation was completed and was now in the hands of Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC.
“With the DPP, with our Financial Investigative Bureau (FIB) headed by Superintendent Lucas, we can assure them that there will be continued positive results,” he said.
He said there were some matters before the Appeal Court in relation to the seizure of DSS funds and that may be a stumbling block.
“We are waiting on that outcome. We have to wait on the timing of the court so that we can go forward with other charges that may be recommended by the DPP,” he said.
DSS was first raided on September 21, 2020, by officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT). Some $22 million in seized money was reportedly taken to the La Horquetta Police Station but released hours later.
In October, DSS was again raided, this time by officers of the Financial Bureau and approximately $7 million was seized.
According to a post on social media by Clarke, the state has applied to confiscate the money and the matter will be heard in January 2022.
Since the first raid, Clarke, also a Lance Corporal in the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF), was charged with two counts of money laundering on February 9 and was also sent on 83 days annual leave from the TTDF.
Four police officers were also suspended due to the probe.
https://www.cnc3.co.tt/cops-looking-into-how-dss-boss-opened-pawnshop/
sam1978 wrote:Excellent exit Strategy. I would have called the police to raid me too .
VexXx Dogg wrote:You know what so hilarious?
This whole thing was so successful because most of trinidadians are 'smartmen' at heart.
You cannot get something for nothing, it is literally a zero sum game. Any gains on your part is a loss by another.
They also killed an old tradition with their sheit branding, because this sheit have nothing to do with real sousou.
VexXx Dogg wrote:You know what so hilarious?
This whole thing was so successful because most of trinidadians are 'smartmen' at heart.
You cannot get something for nothing, it is literally a zero sum game. Any gains on your part is a loss by another.
They also killed an old tradition with their sheit branding, because this sheit have nothing to do with real sousou.
VexXx Dogg wrote:You know what so hilarious?
This whole thing was so successful because most of trinidadians are 'smartmen' at heart.
You cannot get something for nothing, it is literally a zero sum game. Any gains on your part is a loss by another.
They also killed an old tradition with their sheit branding, because this sheit have nothing to do with real sousou.
He's a red government agent and rallies stray way blacks back into the red government.88sins wrote:wtf is a david muhammad?
Like a Shepard to his herdzoom rader wrote:He's a red government agent and rallies stray way blacks back into the red government.88sins wrote:wtf is a david muhammad?
zoom rader wrote:He's a red government agent and rallies stray way blacks back into the red government.88sins wrote:wtf is a david muhammad?
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