PHILIPSBURG: --- Officers of the RST searched and seized electronic devices from the office of the Minister of Justice Lyndon Lewis on Friday morning.
SMN News learned that the so-called Ankle Bracelet investigation is picking up speed and that the investigators are now seeking more evidence as they proceed with the criminal investigation.
Lewis was questioned on July 15th, 2024, when the Director of the Pointe Blanche Prison, Steven Carty, raised the alarm that the Minister of Justice Lyndon Lewis was seeking to release two convicts and placed them on Ankle Bracelets. Those convicts are Oniel Arrindell and Theodore Heyliger.
Lyndon Lewis is the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports. He was duly elected as a Member of Parliament under the NOW slate.
The Prosecutor’s Office has not released further details on the investigation and office search.
