The Commissioner of Police Mr. Winston James has expressed concern with the accuracy with the reported allegations made by the Leader of the Opposition Mr. Tillman Thomas, in a recent article published in the Grenada Today Newspaper dated April 28th 2006.

The article captioned NDC Leader Phone is bugged, states Mr. Thomas" intention to notify a local telephone service provider that the telephone service at his Law Office in St. Andrew's is apparently bugged.

The article also states that Mr. Thomas has hinted that members of Royal Grenada Police Force might be responsible and involved in the operation.

Commissioner of Police Mr. Winston James categorically denies any such activity. I have never ordered or authorized any operation of this nature, and I am not aware of any such operation being conducted by any department of the Royal Grenada Police Force.

There is no facility with such capabilities stationed at Police Headquarters or on any other Police compound, says Commissioner James.

The newspaper article also indicated that Mr. Thomas intends to raise the matter with Commissioner James, but no such contact has been made with the Office of the Commissioner of Police.

(Submitted by the Royal Grenada Police Force)