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“On 25 May, several teams were dispatched to the area of
operation after they became sterile and were conducive to
the type of search necessary. Teams were headed by Det.
Sgt. Karen Harrison, Det. Insp. Carl Berry and Det. Insp.
Colin Campbell. They conducted searches of the Presidential
Click. A number of documents were found and shown to
me.”
12.23.
An inventory of the documents was generated and S/Supt. Bailey
instructed that the documents be stored. A copy of the list of things found at
Coke’s offices is appended to this Report as Appendix 26.
Lt. Col. David Cummings
12.24.
The Engineers were deployed to conduct searches.
Lt. Col. Cummings stated at para.31 of his witness statement that the Engineers
“conducted a detailed search of the Presidential Click’s offices where Coke had
his office”. He said –
“We found 348 rounds of ammunition and a copy of what
appeared to be Extradition papers. I handed these over to a
female Police Inspector…I recall the papers were in a
drawer. The ammunition was in different locations.”
12.25.
Lt. Col. Cummings read the papers and he said –
“It said something like “The Federal Grand Jury of New
York” and Coke’s name was mentioned… I recall the papers
had been rolled up. We had to unroll it… It may have been
more than one sheet. Immediately upon starting to read it,
I realised that it should be handed over to the police
because we certainly would not be experts in the meaning of
it, so we handed it over.”
Mr. Bruce Golding
12.26.
In the course of his evidence-in-chief, Mr. Golding was questioned
with specific reference to Term of Reference (O). He told the Enquiry that he
learnt, from media reports, that copies of affidavits and other confidential
documents relative to the extradition request, were found at Coke’s offices. In