Man stole, resold $13M in powdered milk

A man was yesterday accused of stealing in excess of $13M worth of powdered milk from a businessman but he told a city court that he was being framed.

Parsram Tirbini, 33, was yesterday remanded to prison when he was arraigned on a break and enter and larceny charge before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court One.

The charge against Tirbini is that between September 14 and September 30, at Industrial Site, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, he broke and entered the storage bond of Seeram Debicharran and stole therein 554 boxes of milk powder, all totaling $13,850,000. The powdered milk was the property of Debicharran.

Tirbini denied the charge when it was read to him and stated that he was being framed for something he did not do.

Prosecutor Michael Grant said that after investigations had been conducted, Tirbini took