Roneil Walcott
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Suzette Martin says Jamaican police’s arrest of Gateway Athletics Global managing director Shem Alexander, 35, for allegedly trafficking guns and ammunition from the US to TT is being monitored by the native authorities.
Alexander, a native soccer administrator, was arrested on the Norman Manley Global Airport, Kingston, and taken into custody on November 15 after an extradition query by the US.
The Jamaica Observer reported on Saturday that Alexander regarded in a Company Role courtroom and consented in writing to be extradited to the US to face trial.
Chatting with Newsday on Saturday, Martin stated police had been engaged in discussions with Interpol referring to Alexander’s arrest.
“We’re attentive to (the arrest) and we’re staring at for concepts from Interpol,” Martin stated.
When requested if Alexander had been on native police’s radar earlier than his arrest, Martin stated she wasn’t ready to comment additional on the time.
The Observer chronicle stated Alexander is wanted by the US for allegedly main a transnational prison organisation which received firearms and ammunition to export from Florida to TT.
In August, Interpol Washington, launched its deployment of two stepped forward abilities machine solutions in TT to inspire legislation enforcement detect and ban transnational criminals and terrorists from travelling by the country.
Alexander is a graduate of Palm Seaside Atlantic University in the US, where he majored in organisational communications with a minor in psychology.
On Saturday, Gateway Athletics Global issued an announcement on Alexander’s role in the corporate.
“Mr Alexander has taken a voluntary go of (absence) as the managing director at Gateway Athletics in advise to dwelling treating the allegations earlier than him,” Gateway’s social media publish read.
“Mr Alexander has maintained his innocence in all of the allegations levelled in opposition to him and is desirous to fully ventilate the problem in the correct discussion board when the time is acceptable.”
Gateway stated its managing director is innocent until proven guilty.
“The an analogous natural justice that applies to all also applies to Mr Alexander, that is, the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.
“There is no such thing as a additional recordsdata we can give right now, but we can change as obligatory as recordsdata becomes available.”
A faded manager of St Augustine Secondary’s soccer programme, Alexander has been a rising figure in the native soccer landscape in the final decade. Below Alexander’s survey, Gateway has managed the final three editions of the Republic Cup Nationwide Formative years Football League, one of many country’s premier childhood soccer competitions.
As portion of Gateway’s role in the Republic Cup, the organisation has also hosted showcase events for the tournament’s only footballers to level their talents earlier than international college coaches and scouts with the unbiased of obtaining scholarships.
Contacted for comment, Republic Bank’s president and managing director Nigel Baptiste stated he was unaware of Alexander’s arrest. Baptiste hinted that Republic Bank would possibly maybe maybe per chance contain to lower ties with Gateway for upcoming editions of the tournament.
Gateway Athletics has hosted numerous native soccer clinics and showcases, appealing soccer coaches from the US to get a more in-depth witness at some of the fundamental native abilities, with the hope of providing scholarships.
Alexander also has instructing abilities in the TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) with MIC Matura ReUnited.
Efforts to contact TTFA president Kieron Edwards had been unsuccessful up to press time on November 30.
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Gateway Athletics Global has issued an announcement alluding to the innocence of its managing director Shem Alexander after he was arrested in Jamaica for allegedly trafficking guns and ammunition from the US to Trinidad and Tobago.
Alexander, who also has instructing abilities in the TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) with MIC Matura ReUnited, was arrested on the Norman Manley Global Airport, Kingston, and taken into custody on November 15 after an extradition query by the US.
The Jamaica Observer reported on November 30 that Alexander regarded in a Company Role courtroom and consented in writing to be extradited to the US to face trial.
Gateway launched an announcement on November 30 announcing, “Mr Alexander has taken a voluntary go of (absence) as the managing director at Gateway Athletics in advise to dwelling treating the allegations earlier than him.
“Mr Alexander has maintained his innocence in all of the allegations levelled in opposition to him and is desirous to fully ventilate the problem in the correct discussion board when the time is acceptable.”
Gateway stated its managing director is innocent until proven guilty.
“The an analogous natural justice that applies to all also applies to Mr Alexander, that is, the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.
“There is no such thing as a additional recordsdata we can give right now, but we can change as obligatory as recordsdata becomes available.”
A faded manager of St Augustine Secondary’s soccer programme, Alexander has been a rising figure in the native soccer landscape in the final decade. Below Alexander’s survey, Gateway has managed the final three editions of the Republic Cup Nationwide Formative years Football League, one of many country’s premier childhood soccer competitions.
As portion of Gateway’s role in the Republic Cup, the organisation has also hosted showcase events for the tournament’s only footballers to level their talents earlier than international college coaches and scouts with the unbiased of obtaining scholarships.
