Search comes up empty for cop feared drowned

The body of Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Special Constable Akeem Hyles, who is feared drowned after the boat he was in capsized in the Amatuk Falls area, Potaro River on Friday, has not yet been recovered, while concern has been voiced over the fact that he was not wearing a lifejacket at the time of the mishap.

Divisional Commander Ravindradat Budhram told Stabroek News that a team of ranks left for the area yesterday morning to search but up to press time last evening there had been no sighting of the young man’s body.

Hyles, 22, and eight other policemen were accompanying other Joint Services personnel and