“Two confiscated vehicles have been declared forfeited and deployed to two specialised departments of the police force,” police chief Melvin Pinas said on Monday on To The Point.
Pinas said the police have good cooperation with the public prosecutor. Recently, two confiscated vehicles were declared forfeited and deployed to two specialised departments of the police force.
Policy is also being developed for vehicles that have been involved in collisions and have been sitting for years on the premises of police stations. “It does not look good. We do not even know who the owners are.” Pinas is working with the staff to determine how these vehicles can be removed.
Justice and Police Minister Harish Monorath also recently acknowledged that at almost all police stations, a number of confiscated vehicles have been lying there for years and have now completely deteriorated. Old bicycles and mopeds, overgrown with tall weeds, can also be seen at many stations. “The vehicles were left at the police stations because they were used as scrap vehicles,” the minister said.
He noted that this year, as part of the 75th anniversary of the Korps Politie Suriname (Suriname Police Force), these vehicles and other confiscated vehicles will be auctioned. “The PG has given permission for the auctioning of many seized goods.” He hopes that all vehicles will have been auctioned by November and that the police stations will look neat again.
