Father, 3 sons charged over last month’s piracy attacks

A father and his three sons were last Friday charged under the Hijacking and Piracy Act after an engine they had in their possession was positively identified as one stolen during a piracy attack last month.

Dawanand Jagdai, 49, of Canefield, Leguan, Essequibo; Parmanand Jagdai, 25; Suresh Jagdai, 24; and Narendra Jagdai, 17, were remanded to prison by Magistrate Leron Daly when they appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court.

Police said in a press release yesterday that on March 3 acting on information received, police ranks conducted a search on the home of Dawanand Jagdai where they found