Cocaine trafficking accused Salim ‘Black Salim’ Bacchus is wanted by the police in connection with the killing of narcotics detective, Jirbahan Dianand two months ago.
Issuance of the wanted bulletin came less than one week after the privately-owned Kaieteur News newspaper reported that a detainee in a recent shooting admitted knowing details and Persaud’s assailant.
Police have not said that Bacchus allegedly committed the act but he is merely wanted for questioning.
The “big” built brown skin East Indian man’s last known address is Lot 139 Line Path ‘D’ Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Salim Bacchus called ‘Black Salim’ is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers: 333-2191, 333-3876, 333-2151- 3, 225-2227, 225-6411, 911 or the nearest police station.
All information will be treated with strict confidence, police said.
Bacchus was among four men who had been arrested and charged in connection with a 40 kilogramme cocaine bust in November 2011. He was acquitted in June 2012 but the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) later appealed that decision.
Dianand’s gun-shot body was found in his car near Jackson Creek, Corentyne on September 14 just days before he had been due to participate in a course in Guyana by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Kaieteur News reported earlier this week that one of the detainees in the shooting of a taxi driver Jermaine Rover near Moleson Creek, Corentyne has confessed being in the company of the killer on the night of September 13.
When the perpetrator arrived at Dianand’s car, he shot him instead of handing over a bag of money.
The newspaper reported that the detainee told investigators that he had stolen the killer’s weapon from where it was hidden with the intention of killing him but he was not brave enough to do so.
According to Kaieteur News, the detainee had asked the killer for a portion of the cash that was ostensibly intended for Dianand the detainee had asked the killer for a portion of the cash that was ostensibly intended for Dianand but the man refused.