Friday 19 August 2016

U.S Swimmers in Hot water! Not Robbed ,Police says

Claim by U.S swimmers who reported that they were robbed by robbers posing as policemen in Rio De Janeiro have been proved by the Brazilian police to be false.At a press brief yesterday,the police say the swimmers were angry and intoxicated.The Brazilian civil police chief said: The swimmers had vandalized a gas station and that the security guard used his weapon which is registered to control the intoxicated swimmers.He said the swimmers could still be charged for laying false complaint and for vandalism.He said also that one of the swimmers had confessed that they lied about the robbery. Recall that the international passports of two of the swimmers were earlier seized when the police discovered that were about to fly out of Brazil during the course of the investigation.The police spokesman said Ryan as well as the other swimmers were not co-operating with the police.Ryan Lochte has left Brazil. The police has asked the swimmers to apologize to Rio residents.

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