A police lance corporal accused of obtaining $5,000 from a man in order that his wife would not be prosecuted on a traffic violation was yesterday placed on $40,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
The allegation against Quamme Benn, 31, is that on February 12, at the Grove Police Station, being an agent of the State, he corruptly obtained from Mark Julius the sum of $5,000,