Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday ordered 10 cops, who were implicated in the multi-million dollar lotto scam in St James, to retire from the constabulary in the public interest.

The 10 were among 18 cops who were taken off front line duty at the Mount Salem Police Station after police cracked a section of the scam which reportedly rakes in upwards of $30 million annually.

LEWIN. made recommendation after reading DPP's report

Lewin's orders came after he leafed through a report handed to him by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn and consulted with head of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Assistant Commissioner Justin Felice.

Lewin then forwarded the file to the Police Service Commission and made recommendations that the cops be retired from the constabulary.

Six other cops were ordered reinstated by Lewin, while the roles of two others in the international scam will be further investigated.

The cops were taken off front line duty after intense investigations into the case of Kourtney Grayson, who was in April freed of impersonating a police officer and unlawful possession of property in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court when the DPP entered a nolle prosequi in the case.

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