Rose Hall Town businessman and son linked to gun, ammunition arrest, but – relative

Feb 20, 2020 News

Relatives of a Rose Hall Town businessman and his son who were arrested by police recently have come to the defense of the two individuals after the news spread like wildfire in the media.
They are also asking that the information circulating that the men are connected to the arrests made at a Number 51 roadblock be corrected since they have since indicated that their arrests were in no way connected to the 51 roadblock arrests.
A relative of the businessman now identified as Steven Bates, and his son Nicholas Bates, reached out to this publication and revealed that both men were arrested on Saturday at their home in Rose Hall Town where they also operate their business.
She explained that early Saturday, the police had a roadblock at Tain Village, Corentyne, Berbice where they arrested three persons, those three persons she said had borrowed Nicholas Bates’s car that day. However, the arrest came after the police searched the vehicle and found two cutlasses, a toque, a T-shirt and some other items belonging to the younger Bates, she said.
It was just a few hours after that the police reportedly showed up at the Bates residence, searched their place and arrested them. His licensed firearm was also taken along with the matching rounds.
According to the woman, her relatives are innocent of what the police are accusing them of. She stated that items found in the car belonged to Nicholas Bates but that he used them to do some work on a property, which he purchased at Tain Village.
Currently, both men are out on station bail while the three others, including a woman found in the car, remain in police custody. The car is also still impounded.
Meanwhile the Commander of Region Six Calvin Brutus has since confirmed that the Number 51 arrests and the businessman’s arrest are not connected.