The laptop computer seized from the three men allegedly caught with a cache of arms at Good Hope last year is now being used by the police to fight crime.
The equipment has the capacity to locate the exact position of cellular phones using satellite technology.
Responding to a question from Stabroek News, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon said at his weekly press conference yesterday that it was his understanding that the computer is in the possession of the police and was being used in their crime fighting initiative.
Pressed on the issue, Luncheon again stressed that the equipment is “being used for what it was intended to .... fight crime.” It is unclear under which provisions the computer was confiscated for use by the police. Questions have also been raised as to why its owners did not insist upon its return.
The army also found in the vehicle, equipped with bulletproof windows, weapons along with bullet-proof vests and other military hardware.
The three men, Sean Belfield, Haroon Yahya and Shaheed Khan were taken into custody and handed over to the police.
The men are now out on bail having been formally charged with weapons-possession.