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– His boat identified by victimsPolice in Berbice have detained a senior official of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society as they investigate his alleged involvement in a recent act of piracy in that area.The man was arrested after he was fingered as being the mastermind of the attacks by suspects who were picked up in a police sweep.Police in a press release stated that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 12:00 hours on Saturday , off the coast of No. 43 Village, Corentyne,cheap nfl jerseys online, during which fisherman Leslie Veerasammy, 46,jerseys nfl wholesale, of Mon Repos Housing Scheme, ECD, and his three crew members were attacked and robbed by five men armed with guns and cutlasses.According to the police, the victims were fishing when the armed men came up alongside in another boat and held them up.The men took away a quantity of fish,cheap jerseys nfl wholesale, fish glue,wholesale jerseys, grocery, a 48 HP outboard engine, a 12 volt battery, a compass and a GPS and escaped,wholesale jerseys china, leaving the victims adrift.Verasammy and the other victims managed to reach ashore on Monday and reported the matter to the police who,cheap nfl jerseys, acting on information received, arrested four men.During interrogation, one of the suspects revealed the location where he had stashed two weapons that were used in the attack.The police later retrieved two unlicenced 12-gauge shotguns and eight cartridges.The lawmen also managed to locate the boat which was suspected to have been used in the robbery.Kaieteur News understands that the boat was positively identified by the piracy victims.It turned out that the boat is owned by the senior official of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society.A source on the Corentyne told this newspaper that one of the suspects during interrogation disclosed that the official is the person who would normally buy their loot.Up to late last night he was being questioned at the Number 51 Village Police Station.Police are still looking for the stolen outboard engine which they suspect was dumped in the river. |
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