Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Man who robbed Ministry of Home Affairs remanded to prison
Neil Medas, the 48-year-old unemployed man who reportedly confessed to breaking into the Ministry of Home Affairs, was charged on Wednesday and remanded to jail.
The man appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where charges of Break and Enter and Larceny committed on the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, and three other individuals were read to him.
The incident occurred around 04:44 hrs on Monday. It was initially unclear if any valuables were stolen, but the News Room was reliably informed that further investigations revealed that the suspect allegedly stole two HP laptop computers, one Apple iPad, one Amazon tablet, and two Canon EOS 4000D cameras belonging to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Additionally, a gold chain valued at $300,000 and $36,000 in cash belonging to a 58-year-old administrator in the Ministry’s Personnel Department were reportedly taken.
The stolen items, including beverages, toiletries, clothing, and a knife, were recovered in the suspect’s possession.
According to reports, an on-duty rank noticed a suspicious figure on the CCTV monitor. The rank, the News Room was informed, told investigators that while stationed in the south-western guard hut, she observed a male wearing a hoodie inside the middle flat of the building, specifically in the Immigration Support Services Department. The man was reportedly carrying a haversack.
She immediately alerted the two other officers on duty and raised an alarm. The ranks then used a key lodged at the guard hut to enter the building through the southern door. However, a search for the intruder proved unsuccessful.
The matter was subsequently reported to the Brickdam Police Station. Police visited the scene, where they discovered that the Personnel Office on the middle flat had been ransacked.