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Sep 20, 2011 News
The Presidential Guard Service has interdicted 10 of its ranks who acted as enforcers for a businessman two months ago.
The decision was taken last Friday, after it was determined that the ranks brought discredit to the service by their actions.
The interdicted ranks are one Inspector, two Corporals, one Lance Corporal and six Constables.
Criminal charges were not recommended for the ranks who were allegedly fingered in actions that led to the malicious damage to a sand loading facility at Coverden, East Bank Demerara on July 26 last.
The damage amounted to about $5M. According to reports the Presidential Guards were acting as enforcers for a Brazilian national who is currently engaged in a bitter dispute with the owner of the damaged facility.
The Brazilian national, who had led the operation, was also taken into custody, while police had impounded four vehicles that were used.
Several other persons managed to flee the scene and police are looking for a route 43 mini bus BJJ 6572 that had transported the perpetrators.
So far no one has been charged criminally for the attack, although the two disputing sides are engaged in a bitter court battle over the facility.
Kaieteur News understands that under the protection of the Presidential Guards, the gang of men damaged a conveyor belt that facilitates the loading of sand unto barges in the Demerara River, and they were in the process of dismantling several other components of machinery with the aid of welding torches when the police intervened.
The perpetrators also cut the facilities power supply and fled, leaving behind a truck, registered to a W. Gonsalves of Citrus Grove, Port Kaituma.
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