Shaan Deen has been operating a business enterprise at Lethem for the better part of five years, comprising a general store and a hardware store on Barrack Retreat.
Deen, 31, has more or less taken over the reins of the business from his father Idris Deen. The Deens hail from Montrose, East Coast Demerara and it is there that their excursion into business started, with the elder Deen importing confectionery and other items from Brazil and trading in the city.
The Deens relocated to Lethem in 1997 from which vantage point they continue to import goods from Brazil, across the Takutu Bridge and to transport goods from Georgetown. Their market for some of the goods that come from Georgetown is largely Brazilian; they come from across the border in droves. Setting aside the much smaller market in
