Police this afternoon made an “unqualified” apology to actor Lyndon `Jumbie’ Jones for detaining him over the Christmas holidays and they admitted that they had held the wrong `Jumbie’
Jones had complained to the media that police invited him down to the police station on Christmas Eve and held him over the Xmas holidays as an alleged suspect in an armed robbery. He was finally released on December 27th. The press release follows.
“The Guyana Police Force wishes to clear the air in relation to the recent arrest and detention of Mr. Lyndon Jones c/d “Jumbie”.
“Our investigations so far have revealed that at about 2223h. on Thursday December 23, 2010, the police received a report of an armed robbery in Tuc-Ville, Georgetown, during which businessman Somora Jordon, 25 years, of Somerset Court, EBD, was attacked and robbed of his cell phone and jewellery by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.
“Following this, information was passed via the police radio network that one “Jumbie’ and one “Satan” were being sought after for the robbery.
“Subsequently ranks of a police motor cycle patrol spotted Lyndon Jones c/d “Jumbie” and arrested him and took him into custody at the Brickdam Police Station on Friday December 24, 2010. Due to the intense policing and the holiday period it was not until Monday December 27, 2010, following queries and intervention by the Assistant Commissioner “Law Enforcement”, that it was recognised that the person in custody was not the “Jumbie” who was wanted in connection with the robbery. He is still at large.”
The Police Force wishes to offer an unqualified apology for the consternation and/or trepidation the arrest of Lyndon Jones may have caused his family, friends and himself.
