Four employees of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) were released on bail by the police following their arrest for allegedly fleecing a whopping $1.5M out of truck owners on the West Demerara Monday afternoon.The GEA employees had intercepted three trucks laden with suspected smuggled fuel in the canal number two area.After cautioning the truck owners about their suspicions,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, the GEA employees threatened them with seizure of the trucks and fuel and demanded the cash to turn a blind eye.Kaieteur News was told that the truck owners paid the money but immediately reported the matter to the police when they became suspicious that the men may not be GEA employees.The police armed with a description of the men and the vehicle they were travelling in,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, subsequently intercepted them in the vicinity of Wales.The police were soon able to ascertain that the men were indeed GEA workers, but the men denied that they had collected any money from the truck owners. In fact there was no trace of the cash,Jerseys From China, although the truck owners who turned up at the station insisted that they had paid the money.A GEA source indicated that there was a strong possibility that “money pass” because the GEA officials did not take possession of the truck or the suspected smuggled fuel.“If they suspected that the fuel was smuggled,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, they were supposed to escort the truck to the nearest police station or GEA office. All they did was to seal the tanks that the fuel was in and left,Cheap NFL Jerseys,” the source explained.The truckers,Jerseys From China, who claimed that the fuel was destined for interior operations, insisted that they obtained the fuel legally from regular suppliers.Police are conducting further investigations into the matter.Monday’s incident sheds more light on the perceived corruption within the agency.Earlier this year, the Guyana Energy Agency fired several employees who declined to take lie detector tests.
