Two rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), assigned to the Central Village Police Station in St. Catherine, are now behind bars on suspicion of engaging in corruption.

The two police constables were taken into custody on Sunday morning after they were caught red-handed enticing a motorist into paying them money for not being ticketed.

It is understood that the cops in question were caught on camera by a team from the JCF’s Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB), who were in close proximity.

Sources tell Our Today that a motorist was towing his schoolmate’s vehicle, which was disabled along Mandela Highway when both vehicles were stopped by the two policemen just outside the Central Village Police Station.

The police purportedly enticed the motorist into paying money for not prosecuting him for towing a disabled vehicle along the highway. He was reportedly paid J$3,000 and was released to proceed along the way.

The transaction was witnessed by the IPROB team, which detained the two cops, who will be charged pending further investigations.