Corentyne robbery accused found with pistol in car

– court hears

Three Corentyne men, including two currently before the court on armed robbery charges, were refused bail yesterday after police said they were found driving around with an unlicensed pistol.

Police said Premchand Kallicharran, 28, Cordell Small, 23, and Jermaine Jason Gouldian, 27, were found with the gun when police stopped and searched their vehicle after noticing them acting suspiciously.

Premchand Kallicharran
Premchand Kallicharran
 Cordell Small
Cordell Small

According to the charge against the men, on July 12th, at Number 2 Village, East Canje, they had a .22 semi-automatic pistol in their possession while not being holders of a firearm licence. A second charge stated that on the same day they had a .22-calibre round without being holders of a firearm licence.

The police allege that the accused were occupants of PSS 8296, when police on a mobile patrol saw them acting in a suspicious manner. The lawmen stopped them and conducted a search of the car and found the firearm and ammunition in a compartment of the car.

Kallicharran is a taxi driver of Lot 29 Grant 1780, Crabwood Creek Corentyne; Small is a porter of Lot 24 Dukes Town, Corriverton Corentyne; and Gouldian is a fisherman of Lot 29 Grant 1780 Crabwood Creek, Corentyne.

Kallicharran and Small indicated to the court that they had been previously charged with armed robberies and the matters are pending. At this point, Police Prosecutor Sergeant Phillip Sheriff objected to bail.

The unrepresented men were remanded to prison until July 31st.

Jermaine Jason Gouldian
Jermaine Jason Gouldian

Kallicharran was charged earlier in the year with robbing Lusignan vendor Hemraj Singh and his wife at the entrance of Black Bush Polder. Singh, 54, and his wife, both of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, were reportedly robbed of $180,000, their car key and a cellular phone.

As the Singhs were about to turn into the Black Bush Polder access road, a car stopped in their path and two men armed with guns emerged and instructed them to hand over their valuables.