Fake policeman jailed for a year

A SAN FERNANDO man who attempted to scam groceries and drinks by pretending to be a police officer, was jailed for one year yesterday. Roland Lookhoor, of Golconda Village, told Point Fortin Magistrate Herbert Charles, that he tried the trick because he “always wanted to be a police.” The court heard that yesterday around 11.30 am, Lookhoor entered a supermarket on Guapo Road and announced himself as being one “Corporal Singh” of Siparia CID, to proprietor Robert Tang Hap.

Lookhoor then requested a quantity of groceries and drinks, claiming that it was intended for a lime the police department was having at Clifton Beach. Tang Hap obliged the request, but unknown to Lookhoor, the businessman also contacted the Siparia CID. A party of police officers visited the scene and caught Lookhoor red-handed. Genuine policeman, Cpl Culbert Straker, charged Lookhoor with impersonating a police officer.