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Jul 25, 2009 News
Crime has drastically decreased in Guyana over the past month but a gang operating in Berbice has become a source of concern for the Guyana Police Force, according to Police Commissioner Henry Greene.
Though not as notorious as the Fine Man gang, the group of criminals operating in the Berbice area, is a source of major concern to the Guyana Police Force, he added.
Yesterday, Police Commissioner Henry Greene told this publication that “Guyana is experiencing a drastic decline in criminal activities. Things have been fairly quiet in the capital city and in other parts of the country for more than a month, except for in Berbice.”
The Commissioner pointed to four recent incidents that have given his force cause to believe that a gang is operating in that region.
He said that the gang, from observations, seems to be after persons who have come from overseas.
“They are mostly attacking people who have come in from overseas and in some cases, they go after business people,” Commissioner Greene said.
However, plans are already in effect to nip the current happenings in the bud.
Amidst calls for the gang to give themselves up, the Commissioner said “We are working to catch that gang.”
A team of anti-crime personnel has been dispatched to the area from Georgetown and has already swung into action.
“Our anti-crime team is working hard on the ground covering the backlands, the costal area and also the main road. The gang seems to have gone underground.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner has said that Guyana has to date experienced a four per cent drop in serious crime as compared to 2008. Robbery under arms and murders are significantly down “even if the 31 killed at Lusignan, Bartica and Lindo Creek last year are excluded.”
He noted that several of the murders occurring at this time are of a domestic or disorderly nature as opposed to the times of gang-related killings.
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