The Guyana Police Force says that it has received a request for assistance for help from its counterparts in St Vincent and The Grenadines in the investigation of seven suspected teller machine fraudsters charged there last week.
Crime Chief and Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News that the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) requested assistance and the force is complying with the requests. “We were asked for help and we did give it… they wanted background checks on the persons and for us to see if they were involved in similar situations over here,” said Persaud.
The RSVGP yesterday confirmed the authenticity of the passports of the seven and informed this newspaper that they were staying at a hotel on the twin island when they were arrested. “The passports are authentic. I must inform you that the persons arrested were staying at a hotel in St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” RSVGP Public Relations official Hawkins Nanton said.
On October 2, seven Guyanese—five men and two women—Rizwan Mohammed Meerza, 35, body-workman; Savitrie Sookraj, 34, acting manager; Kevin Orindio Mc Lennon, 29, computer technician; Aslam Mohammed Wayum, 47, welder; Gangadai Budam, 54, hotel manager; and Devindra Singh, 33, technician; and Surendra Sookdeo were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit burglary on the twin island.
They were also charged with having in their possession two red handle pliers, an x-ray paper, an extension cord and other equipment which to their knowledge had been specially designed or adapted for making of an instrument which is false and that they shall use to induce someone to accept it as genuine and by reason of so accepting it to do some act to another person.
The third charge reads that they were conspiring with each other to commit the offence of burglary on September 30.
The suspects appeared at the Serious Offences Court on October 3 before Senior Magistrate Sonya Young and were remanded to prison until February 4 and 5, 2013.
