Kumaka businesswoman, teen son held over missing $700,000

Mario Gamell

A Kumaka businesswoman and her teenage son have been taken into custody after being implicated in the theft of $700,000 from a lumberyard manager.

The Guyana Police Force said Mario Gamell, 29, of Hosororo, North West District, who is a manager of Gamell’s Lumber Yard, left a bag with the cash at a shop located at Kumaka Water Front on Saturday.

According to the police, at about 6.45 pm on November 28th, 2020, Gamell paid his workers and allegedly had $765, 000 left in his possession, which he placed in a bag before heading to a shop at Kumaka Water Front.