Guyanese businessman arrives after BVI deportation

Desmond ‘DA’ Alphonso

Guyanese businessman Desmond ‘DA’ Alphonso arrived in Guyana yesterday on a chartered flight from the British Virgin Islands (BVI), from where he was deported on a conviction of harbouring wanted criminals, after living there for the past 40 years.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud yesterday told Stabroek News that Alphonso arrived and was handed over to local police and as is customary with persons who are deported he was escorted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, where he was interviewed by police officers. The businessman arrived on a Beach King Air private airplane in the company of BVI police officers and others. The flight was chartered as the man had refused to leave in a commercial flight last Sunday.

According to Persaud, based on the information provided by Alphonso during the interview, the local police would decide whether contact should be made with their