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FROM
CUBA
Two policemen tried for soliciting and accepting
bribes
MATANZAS, Cuba - April 19 (Hugo Araña,
Agencia Línea Sur Press / www.cubanet.org)
- Two patrol officers were tried and found
guilty of corruption after the police internal
affairs department learned they had accepted
bribes from someone transporting onions
to Havana.
Ivan Romero Roque and Pedro Elián
could face sentences of between eight and
20 years.
The two officers, patrolling in car No.
320, stopped a truck carrying onions to
Havana whose driver did not have the required
permits in the municipality of Aguada de
Pasajeros, Cienfuegos province.
The two officers then presumably accepted
a bribe to let the truck pass unimpeded.
It was not immediately known how internal
affairs found out about the incident, but
it ordered the officers' immediate arrest.
They were tried April 17.
Officer Romero pleaded not guilty, but
officer Elián allowed the accusation
against them was true.
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