All attention is now on the director of public prosecutions (DPP) into whose hands have been placed the much-anticipated file on the probe into the questionable search of a private aircraft.

Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday revealed that investigators had completed their work and turned over the file to the DPP.

The matter was the first order of business for the commissioner at his quarterly press conference, held in St Andrew yesterday.

In making the disclosure, Lewin described as bizarre the circum-stances that precipitated the search.

The search drew public attention after it was revealed that former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson had been on the private jet which was on a flight from Cuba to Jamaica.

Patterson was not associated with any impropriety, but the incident triggered controversy and the nature of the search led the authorities into an investigation.

The private aircraft, which was chartered to fly the former prime minister and executives of Digicel into the island, was searched at the Norman Manley International Airport on May 14, some time after Patterson had left the plane.

The police reportedly searched the aircraft after receiving information which turned out to be misleading.