Wanted man Tyrone `Cobra’ Rowe recently eluded a police dragnet but the search continues since there is information that he is still in that area, Police Commissioner Henry Greene, said last week.
Greene stressed that the location could not be revealed for security purposes but the Force was working on information about the ‘Cobra’ gang and a dismissed special constable (SC) who it is believed works with the gang.
Speaking to Stabroek News following the handing over of a boat at the Police Marine Section, Ruimveldt, Greene said that the SC was implicated in the August 5 armed robbery at Plaisance which left two men including a bandit dead.
The Commissioner explained that the information police received was that the SC picked up a gun after the robbery and left the dead bandit, Anthony Taylor on the road.
“We couldn’t get anyone to tell us yes. People were afraid. They just passed the information but didn’t come forward and identify and so on, so we ended up putting him on bail”, Greene added.
After the allegations of involvement with the `Cobra’ gang surfaced, the rank was transferred from the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) to Police Headquarters but according to the Commissioner he turned up for duty one day and then disappeared.
“He has since been dismissed from the force. So he has no opportunity to work and see and know anything anymore, Greene stressed.
Rowe has been blamed for many of the gun robberies committed in and around the city earlier in the year. He and his gang have also been accused of a city murder.
Greene had admitted that the Force did not know what the wanted man looked like and was depending on informants.
He said that the size of the gang was not known but from appearances members were being recruited.
In July more than two months after his name surfaced, police issued a wanted bulletin for Rowe which said he was 19-years-old and last lived at Independence Boulevard, Albouystown.
His relatives had told this newspaper following the execution of his brother, Jamal `Radio’ Beete in a George Street house, that he was 17-year-old and grew up with his grandmother.
They said they knew knew little about him but knew that he started getting into trouble at a very tender age.
The bandit, killed in the Plaisance incident is said to be a key member of the gang.
