Corentyne fishermen left to drift for nearly a day

A Corentyne fisherman and his crew were on Saturday attacked and robbed by four armed men who made off with their fishing boat and left them to drift on the sea for nearly a day.

The pirates also made off with a 48-horsepower outboard engine, 400 pounds of fishing seine, fuel and a gas stove and cylinder. The attack occurred around 8 pm.

Police in a statement yesterday said that investigations have so far revealed that Fazil Ali and crew were putting down their fishing nets  off the shore of Bushlot, Corentyne, Berbice when a boat with the four men who were all masked and armed with a firearm, a cutlass, a knife and a piece of wood came up alongside and held them up.

The armed men then forced the victims to take the engine off the bandits’ boat and place it in their boat. …..