According to the report in the Grenada Today, "the police swooped down on the "South Don Man" at his newly built multi-million dollar home in Woburn where both he and Ollivierre were allegedly found cutting up cocaine to prepare it for export to the United States".

Incidentally, if police officers of the Royal Grenada Police Force are so smart that they could determine, at sight, where cocaine that is being cut up would be exported, they should be highly commended for such a plus.

However, before we examine the key aspect of the report, which covered the alleged burst of the cocaine being cut up, let us take a look at another aspect of the report in which it is stated that, according to Police insiders, "As a result of the arrest of Ollivierre, the lawmen conducted a search of his home at La Borie where a 9 mm, 32 and .22 ammunition were discovered along with some Winchester re.. Rounds and fire crackers".

But, what the report did not reveal, or perhaps the police sources did not disclose to the Grenada Today, two of the three so-called "ammunition the .32 and .22 are licensed by the RGPF. The so-called 9mm is nothing more than an old firearm casing, within a barrel. A virtual toy, if you will. The "riffle rounds" or bullets for the licensed firearms were, according to the police, more than the amount allowed, by law.

Therefore, based on the difference in the number of bullets that are allowed by law, for the licensed firearms, the Ollivierre brothers were "charged with illegal possession of arms and ammunition". They were arrested on Monday, May 01, 2006, (May Day), the same day of the drug burst at the Riley"s home, where both Ollivierre and Riley were found cutting up the cocaine to prepare it for export to the United States", according to the report in the Grenada Today.

Both Ollivierre brothers appeared in court on Monday and "were placed on bail by the Magistrate in the sum of $15,000.00 each with two sureties on the arms and ammunition charges". (Grenada Today, May 05, 2006).

However, what was omitted in the report is the fact that on Tuesday, May 05, 2006, after posting the $15,000.00 bail, the two Ollivierre Brothers were released and they went to their home at La Borie. This is the same Hoyte Ollivierre, who, according to the report in the Grenada Today, was caught along with Riley, at Riley"s home, on Monday, May 01, 2006 in the process of cutting up cocaine for export to the United States.

Quite frankly, let me say, at this point, that if it is at all true that Hoyte Ollivierre and Riley were caught, red-handed, by the Grenada Police, at Riley"s home, in the act of cutting up cocaine for the export to the United States, I would be one of the first persons to recommend that they should have been apprehended, forthwith, and yes, made to stand the consequences of their wrongdoing.

By the same token, I would also be one of the first persons to condemn the RGPF for any clandestine attempt to frame any fellow Grenadian, and in the process completely destroy their reputation for life, under the guise of cracking down on illegal arms and ammunition.
And now, let us get back to the key aspect of the report in the Grenada Today and that is, "the police swooped down on the "South Don Man" at his newly built multi-million dollar home in Woburn where both he and Ollivierre were allegedly found cutting up the cocaine to prepare it for export to the United States.

By the way, I suspect that the reason why the United States was mentioned as the place to which the drugs were to be exported, was to link Ollivierre with drugs being exported to the USA and thus try to ensure that his chances of ever being allowed to visit or emigrate to that country are blocked for life.

However, on Monday, May 1st, 2006, while driving on his way home, Hoyte Ollivierre was stopped by the police questioned as to where he had come from, searched, both his person and his vehicle and nothing illegal was found.

But, instead of allowing the young man to go on his way, he was ordered, against his will, to accompany the police officers to Riley"s home. The officers climbed over the fence, opened the gate and drove Ollivierre, in a police vehicle, inside Riley"s yard, while they conducted their search of Riley"s home.

As instructed by the police, Hoyte Ollivierre sat in the vehicle throughout their operation. He, Ollivierre, never entered Riley"s house, then or at any other time. In fact the very first time that Ollivierre found himself in the company of Riley and his friend, was on the front page of the Grenada Today.

Therefore, since Ollivierre was driven to Riley"s compound, at the command and under the watchful eyes of the police officers, who had stormed Riley"s home, it is extremely difficult to understand how according to the report in the Grenada Today, " the police swooped down on the " South Don Man" at his newly built multi-million dollar home in Woburn where both he and Ollivierre were allegedly found cutting up the cocaine to prepare it for export to the United States.

Is it possible that the police invoked a double personality situation, involving someone by the name of Hoyte Ollivierre, under police custody, sitting in a police vehicle, without him being informed that he was arrested for anything, and another Hoyte Ollivierre, who, according to the report, was found along with Riley, inside Riley"s house, "cutting up the cocaine to prepare it for export to the United States?

Perhaps, with due respect, the Police Force would care to explain to the Grenadian people, through the Grenada Today newspaper that has published such a report, how is this possible. And to assist, in this regard, permit me to state, categorically, that at no time whatsoever, did Hoyte Ollivierre enter Riley"s house, far less join with Riley in cutting up cocaine for the export to the United States, and I challenge the RGPF to prove otherwise.

The mystery that the RGPF has created about the alleged involvement of Hoyte Ollivierre, in the Riley drug burst, continued with his being arrested on charges of illegal possession of arms and ammunition, for which he posted bail and was released, only to be arrested later on the charge of "possession of a controlled drug, trafficking of a controlled drug and handling of a controlled drug", all of which, as the evidence have shown, were trumped up by smartalecks within the RGPF, who, in my opinion, are motivated by lust for gross commissions, at the expense of character assassination of young Grenadians.

Needless to say, this is a very serious development that has serious implications in terms of the constitutional rights of the Grenadian people, particularly the youths, and it must be nipped in the bud, before it blossoms into a major national problem.

May God help us in Grenada.

Michael Caesar

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