The remigrant investigation involving government officials and importers of duty-free vehicles is not making much progress, according to a source close to the Guyana Police Force.
The police began their investigation into the matter after receiving a preliminary report compiled by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).
When Stabroek News rang the office of Crime Chief, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene for a comment yesterday, the newspaper was told that he could not speak.
Meanwhile, Commission-er-General of the GRA, Khurshid Sattaur said "things are going well" in the investigation and that everyday something new is coming up. He said the probe going back to ST letters issued before August 2003 has begun. He told Stabroek News that the police are conducting their investigations into the scam involving expensive vehicles.
A check yesterday at the Ministry of Finance revealed that the persons who were sent on leave pending the outcome of the investigation are still off the job.
The police had pulled in a number of vehicles during the early months of the investigation. Five of these vehicles can be seen in the CID compound.
The probe began early this year and stemmed from an unusually high number of ST letters in August 2003, one month before the law governing the issuance of those letters changed. It was found that many of the letters had been forged and some of the persons to whom letters were issued did not qualify for the concession or their vehicles were in breach of the requirements for duty-free eligibility.