Dredge owner missing after boat capsizes

Martin Thompson

A dredge owner is missing and feared drowned after the boat he and two others were travelling in along the Mazaruni River yesterday capsized near a waterfall.

Up to late yesterday afternoon, a search team was still combing the rough waters in the vicinity of Isseneru Village, Region Seven for Martin Thompson, 34, of 1856 Nutmeg Street, North Ruimveldt.

The man’s worried sister Michelle related