Sash Sawh murder suspect believed held in Suriname

Agricola resident Richard ‘Chucky’ Daniels, wanted in connection with the assassination of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow `Sash’ Sawh, is believed to have been arrested in Suriname last week along with another Guyanese, Acting Police Commissioner, Henry Greene has said.

Greene said that the Guyana Police Force learnt about the arrest of Daniels and has since requested details from Suriname. He said that they have also asked Suriname to send a photograph of the man in custody, which would assist them in confirming whether it is indeed Daniels. The Acting commissioner could not provide any more details on the arrest of the Guyanese when pressed by the media. He said that the police force was in the process of gathering more information with regards how Daniels and the other man were captured. Additionally, Greene told the media that from all reports the man who was arrested with Daniels is also wanted here in relation to several robberies.

Several Guyanese wanted back home are allegedly hiding out in Suriname and French Guiana. The men have been able to dodge the police by crossing over to the neighbouring countries via the backtrack route at Number 78 Village Corriverton.

Many of them are also involved in criminal activities in the neighbouring countries.

Police on January 6 had published a wanted bulletin for seven persons including Daniels for the April 21, 2006 murders of Sawh, two of his siblings and a security guard.

The police are offering a reward of $2 million for information leading to the arrests of the seven men. The police said that the men are wanted in connection with the investigation into the murder of Minister Sawh, other murders and serious offences.

In addition to Daniels the other wanted men are Rondell Rawlins called ‘Fineman’ of Agricola and Buxton; Orlando Andrews called ‘Biscuit’ or ‘Jeffrey’ of Buxton; David Zammett called David Leander or ‘Bullet’ of Buxton; ‘Cash’ of Buxton; ‘Not Nice’ of Buxton and ‘Sonny’ of Agricola.