Police have released the co-owner of Guyana Sandport Inc, who was held with presidential guards and others who allegedly stormed the East Bank Demerara facility and damaged a conveyor belt early Tuesday morning.
Following habeas corpus proceedings, Chief Justice Ian Chang ordered that Rodrigo De Paula be released before 5 pm yesterday. He was not set free until some two hours later, when he was put on $50, 000 station bail. He is to return to the Brickdam Police Station today.
Before De Paula’s release, police sought advice on the way forward in the matter. When contacted early yesterday afternoon, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told this newspaper that the men were still in custody and that police had earlier sent the
