Cellphone trace aided cops in Perreira kidnap probe

Gail Perreira

Investigators, with the help of a telecommunications provider, were able to trace a telephone number hours after it was used to make the call demanding a ransom for Gail Perreira.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, speaking with Stabroek News briefly yesterday, explained that after the woman’s kidnapping on Thursday night and subsequent calls made from two different numbers demanding a