'pounds 150K COKE' COP ARREST.By EUAN STRETCH A RESPECTED detective has been arrested and suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. after pounds 147,400 of cocaine was allegedly found in his car. DC Darren Graysmark, 42, a former member of an elite crime branch, was quizzed on suspicion of intent to supply. The divorced father-of-one was suspended from Sussex police Sussex Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing East Sussex, West Sussex and City of Brighton and Hove in southern England. History There were originally separate forces for East and West Sussex, along with the boroughs of Brighton, Hastings and after the drugs were allegedly found in his car being driven by a friend. His arrest emerged when Darren Simpson, 41, appeared at Brighton magistrates last month accused of intent to supply and money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. . Police searched the home he shared with DC Graysmark, in Peacehaven, and allegedly found jewellery, pounds 13,000 of pay-in slips and pounds 12,000 cash. Simpson's case was adjourned and will go to crown court. Police said: "An officer has been bailed without charge pending further enquiries and suspended from duty." |
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