A team of civilian investigators was yesterday deployed to the remote southern Rupununi area of Marudi to probe the validity of the beating of persons the Ministry of Natural Resources has identified as illegal miners along a trail at the location.
Ministry of Natural Resources’ Stakeholders Support Officer Parmanand Persaud said in a statement yesterday that the Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission (GGMC) has commenced an investigation “to verify the validity of an alleged confrontation between members of the Guyana Police Force and illegal miners during an enforcement exercise to curb illegal
