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October 30, 2015
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Dudus had all West Kingston residents names, addresses

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke- File

A senior policeman yesterday revealed that a list with the names and addresses of everybody who resided in west Kingston were among reams of documents found inside the Tivoli Gardens offices of drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke in 2010.

At the same time, Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey, former head of the Organised Crime Investigations Division, told the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry yesterday that the documents provided evidence of Coke's political influence.

The three-member commission chaired by former Chief Justice of Barbados Sir David Simmons has agreed not to make the documents public as an appendix to their report because of some of the sensitive information they contain.

However, according to Bailey, police investigators also found separate lists of all unemployed persons in the west Kingston communities of Denham Town and 'Midtown.'

"Keeping a record of the citizens ... every person in the community, he had a record of their names and where they lived. When I saw it ... it struck me. It was really significant," Bailey asserted.

"His own voters' list," Simmons quipped.

Documents

The lists were among reams of documents retrieved from Coke's 'Presidential Click' offices, one day after the start of the May 2010 to capture the then fugitive.

According to Bailey, police investigators also found US$250,000 ($J 29,926,575) in cash as well as personal identification for scores of persons.

"You found passports, drivers' licences, birth certificates ... a number of documents relating to persons that were not Mr Coke?" asked attorney for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deborah Martin.

"Yes, ma'am," he replied.

The senior cop testified that he also found documents - including an invoice from a company based in west Kingston - that addressed Coke as 'Mr President' and a his female companion as 'The First Lady.'

In addition, Bailey said he saw evidence of Coke's influence through the types of contracts that were offered to him from "a political perspective."

"I looked at his influence in terms of certain government organisations and, in my view, it reflected what is considered to be a typical example of what a third generation gang is [one which] has significant influence, and who can influence even the political directorate," he testified.

The hearing continues today.

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