Felice

As part of their investigations into corruption charges against Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley, the police have seized two of the top cop's vehicles.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Justin Felice, head of the anti-corruption branch, yesterday confirmed with The Gleaner that the vehicles had been seized but declined to give further comments.

Felice led the team which arrested Superintendent Daley and charged him with six counts of extortion and six counts of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act.

At the same time, the Police High Command has launched a top-level probe into reports that a house belonging to an attorney representing Supt Daley was searched by a police/military patrol Saturday morning.

Led by Shields

In an official statement Wednesday, the police said the probe was being led by the office of the deputy commissioner in charge of crime, Mark Shields.

While the High Command was unwilling to say more, checks by The Gleaner have revealed a puzzling situation.

Reports had surfaced that the home of attorney-at-law Carolyn Reid, in east Kingston, was searched about 5:30 Saturday morning, while her mother was home alone.

This sparked speculation that the house was searched because of her involvement in the 'Bungles' case.

But the police said yesterday that an operation had been conducted in east Kingston in which a tenement yard adjacent to the Elleston Road Police Station was searched. It is believed that this yard was the property in question, but the police had no information to indicate that the lawyer lived there.