Dr Roger Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon, made the disclosure at his post cabinet media briefing Thursday last.

"As Chairman of the Central Intelligence Committee and Secretary to the Defence Board, I am not aware that any of the two bodies engaged anyone other than state entities in discharging the responsibilities and statutory functions of the law enforcement agencies," Dr. Luncheon stated.

Khan had stated through his lawyers that he had contributed to controlling the crime spree in 2002 that resulted after the February 23, 2002 jailbreak. He claimed that he had done so with his own resources.

Shaheed 'Roger' Khan

"That could not have been the results of any agreement brokered into between the Administration and Roger Khan at the level of entities for which I am chairperson or Secretary. I don't have a recollection directly or any that was brought to my attention in that regard," Luncheon stated.

Khan is wanted by local authorities in connection with the disappearance of a quantity of AK-47 riffles from the CARICOM country's army central base. He is also wanted by the United States for conspiring to import drugs into the U.S.

At the weekend Khan issued more statements. This time he claimed that he had been in contact with intelligence officers from the Guyana Defence Force.