Execution of clothing vendor still a mystery three years on

Raphael Piggott

Beyond the fact that some eight kilogrammes of cocaine were found concealed in the fuel tank of Raphael Piggott’s car, police were never able to develop any leads into the November 8, 2008 execution of the clothing vendor.

Did he know the drugs were there? Where were they being taken? Who did they belong to? are just a few of the questions that remain unanswered nearly three years after he was gunned down in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.

Police have often not linked execution-style killings to drug-related activity but this was the first time in recent years that