Army police exceeded powers in attempting arrest in UG classroom -GDF

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said it regretted attempts last month by its ranks to make an arrest in a University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus classroom, while admitting that its officers exceeded their powers.

The army ranks had descended upon the campus and attempted to arrest a soldier who had gone Absent Without Leave (AWOL). On one of the occasions, the soldiers were intercepted at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT) by University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) President Ganesh Mahipaul, who told them that contact should have been