Police arrested and formally charged two Romanian visitors this weekend in relation to the following offences:

• 30 year old Sorin Ghiriti is answering –

Theft and Going Equipped

• While 35 year old Gheorghe Dumitru Durdea faces –

Going Equipped

*Both were jointly charged with MONEY LAUNDERING*

The duo appeared at the District A Magistrates’ Court, before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant, on Saturday, 09 February, 2019 where Sorin Ghiriti, pleaded guilty to the offence of theft and was fined One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) payable by Friday, 15 February, 2019 or (4) months in prison, he is scheduled to reappear at the District A Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 15 February, 2019 and at the District E Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 12 February, 2019.

Gheorghe Dumitru Durdea and Sorin Ghiriti, were not required to plead to the indictable offence of Money Laundering.

They were both remanded into custody to HMP Dodds and are scheduled to reappear Wednesday, 13 February, 2019 at the Oistins, Magistrates’ Court.

• Rodney Inniss – Insp. (Ag);
  Public Relations Officer