While saying that a strong security presence along the country’s borders is the first line of defence against transnational criminal syndicates, President David Granger yesterday called for cooperation by all actors to see the security of Region Nine as a priority.
“We have, collectively, to do everything possible to protect our Guyanese way of life… These criminal syndicates are rich enough to corrupt public officials, rich enough to get young, impressionable people to get involved in criminal activities. I see our borders, therefore, as the first line of defence against transnational crime. If our borders are not secure we could become a lawless state in which people bring huge criminal syndicates into our country and actually resist the law enforcement authorities,” Granger was quoted as saying by the Ministry of the Presidency at a community meeting in Lethem, Region Nine, where he spoke to security forces and other stakeholders.
His visit came on the heels of the discovery of an abandoned twin-engine Beechcraft aircraft on an illegal airstrip in the region.
