Cocaine found in fuel tank of car
- police seeking friend
In a dramatic twist of events, police yesterday unearthed eight kilogrammes of cocaine in the fuel tank of the car clothes vendor Raphael Piggott was driving when he was gunned down in Cummings Lodge on Saturday.
This new development may point to the motive for the man’s killing and followed the discovery of a large quantity of foreign currency in the vehicle, police said in a press release last night.
Raphael Piggott
The police are now looking for the man Piggott had gone to drop home when he was shot dead by a lone gunman.
According to the statement, further intelligence garnered during investigations by the police into the murder of the 26-year-old businessman and Guyhoc Park resident, led to a detailed search of his motor vehicle.
During the search, the police found eight packets of cocaine with a weight of eight kilogrammes concealed in the fuel tank of the vehicle to which some adjustments had been made.
The release said that initially the police had found US$14,041 and 1,100 euros in the vehicle at the scene of the incident. The money is the custody of the police.
The police said they are also in the process of making efforts to locate Vincent Da Costa of Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, who was in the vehicle with Piggott at the time of the shooting.
Piggott was shot and killed by an armed gunman at Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge around 5.15 pm on Saturday and was subsequently pronounced dead at a private hospital.
The man’s reputed wife had told Stabroek News on Sunday that they had just returned from Suriname, where they had gone to do some Christmas shopping. Her husband was dropping off his friend (Da Costa), who had accompanied them, at his Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge home. She was sitting in the front seat while the friend was in the back seat.
She had recounted that they had reached the lot where the friend was to be dropped off, but he had not exited as yet as her husband wanted to turn the car around. She said she knew something was wrong when Piggott reversed the car in a rash manner and then she saw him look through the window.
It was at this point that she saw a man with a gun in his hand walk up to the car and before she could react two shots were fired hitting Piggott in the back.
Shortly after that the car crashed into a fence before coming to rest in the yard of the Trooper Taxi Service in Sixth Street.
The woman had told this newspaper too that since the incident, she had not seen the friend they had gone to drop off.
According to her, her husband had walked and sold clothes and spare parts and also worked his car as a taxi.
….is any one surprised that this malcontented miscreant was with his hands in the “cocaine jar ” ,,, if u r ,, then ,, ure not from this planet ,, and certainly not from GUYANA !,,,,,,,
Smae thing i said yesterday…….something was too fishy for someone to kill you just like that……..now we know thats its that “whit lady” causing problems in Guyana.
So bloggers in the future when u read about these type killings.at least you know whats the reason…………….not weed, not any fighting over a woman or an old vendetta………….its that “white lady” moving her ugly head around the streets of Guyana………….
What a shame, i cannot even say R.I.P because he was involved in the most dangerous drug that is mashing up the people all over……
I would like to know if any clothes or toys were found seeing that the woman said they went shopping…..or maybe they were shopping for “SNOW WHITE” so sad
no not surprised at all michael tannassee, and was also my suspician that this `malcontented mistcreant’ had his hands stuck in the cocain jar, some people praise the police here for finding the drugs after the fact, but i will say that if the police had did their job in a proper and thorough way then maybe the drugs might have being found and maybe the man would still be alive today. it’s quite ovious that he brought the drugs in from suriname.
COCAINE, FOREIGN CURRENCY=GUNS&M U R D E R! sorry to say but that the way it is.
life in the fast lane with easy big money….but…most times..comes with consequences…and deadly too…..
the money must now be used to enhance the Security Force, more vehicles, communication equipments and weapons.
the govt cannot protect these people, because when they were doing their deals, they never let the govt involved, so why the critics always complain that the govt. cannot protect the citizens of Guyana.
Drugs is one of the most dangerous jobs to get involved in because you dont know who is watching.
This is so sad, now we know that it was a drug hit, these so called businessmen always have a legit business,and on the side a little hustling of the illegal stuff, son that will always get you killed. Rest In Peace this is what the illegal trade does.
Why was the reputed wife not arrested? She was in the vehicle with the drugs.
deal gone sour and he was gunned down…good work by the po po ..they are doing a great job for the past week keep it up……get to the root and fkush them out and guyana will be better..once druge and crime drop… gret job G.P.F.
I have no remorse for the dead man and her ,look the destruction these people in the drug trade is doing to the youth’s in the country , find the friend and jail all of them, Mom you lost your son and i know how mothers feel about their sons But he was contributing to the destruction of many communities in Guyana today .
WELL SAID “BAD NEWS”
When you play with fire , you get burn.
Good work by the police again.
Before, this would have just been called a random killing.
I see the GPF went a little further and found cocain in the tank.
Well done GPF, excellent job.
POLICE FORCE DOING EXCELLENT JOB.
This shows a turn for betterment in the Police Force.
Keep up the good work.
from the begining all should have known that it is really an illegal story, and he know his death was comming, but that is his trade.
Congratulations again G.P.F.The wife of the deceased,and Mr Da Costa should be thoroughly interrogated.These drug dealers are destroying people’s lives in Guyanese Society.That vehicle should be confiscated,also the cash.One less off the streets.
U PLAY WID FIRE U GET BURNT, BUT THIS IS ‘U PLAY WID COCAINE U END UP DEAD’ U SWIM IN DUTTY WAATA, U SKING GET DUTTY TOO….