Pirates rob East Coast, West Berbice fishing crews

Pirates attacked a fishing crew from the East Coast of Demerara, escaping with a boat, a quantity of fish, glue and other articles valued about $6M.

Reports are that the pirates, who were armed and wore masks, pounced on the men around 6 pm on Thursday. Some of the pirates took possession of the boat, belonging to a fisherman, called ‘Palwa’ with the men in it. They then robbed another boat owned by Dalchan of Rosignol, West Berbice around 2 am yesterday.

They beat the captain, Seepaul and crew and carted off 40 snapper with glue and 20 trout with glue. The pirates then ordered the