C’tyne money changer murder suspect held on return from T&T

-confesses to luring victim to death

Police in Berbice are preparing to charge a 19-year-old Corentyne man who has reportedly confessed to the

Money changer Mohamed Fizal Baksh

brutal murder of money changer Mohamed Fizal Mahmood Baksh, last December.
The suspect, Phileman Boodhoo, called Kevin, was arrested yesterday, one month after he managed to flee to Trinidad to escape arrest following the discovery of Baksh’s body in a bushy section of the No. 63 Village, Corentyne foreshore. The man was reported missing three days earlier.
Boodhoo, who also hails from Number 63 Village, Corentyne, reportedly told investigators a tale of how he lured the money changer to the beach with the sole intention of robbing him to take care of personal debts he had racked up over a period.
The suspect claimed that he was pushed into the act after he defaulted on a loan he had taken from a commercial bank last October. He was desperate for cash, since the guarantor for the loan was constantly pestering him.
Since he was aware that Baksh known as ‘Sugar Cake’ usually carried large amounts of cash to do his business, Boodhoo decided to target him.
He told investigators that he contacted the money changer and told him that he knew two people who wanted to change large amounts of foreign currency and he was willing to take Baksh to them at Number 64 Village on the Corentyne.
The suspect left and then rented a car for $3,000 after arranging to pick up the money changer to take him to the “clients”.
However, when he picked up Baksh, he told him about a slight change in the arrangement; instead of meeting the clients at Number 64 village, they were to meet them at the Number 63 Beach.
“He tell the man that the people were afraid to do such a large transaction in the open out of fear of being targeted by bandits,” this newspaper was told.

Suspect Phileman Boodhoo, called Kevin

The money changer who never suspected anything close to what Boodhoo had in his mind, complied with the new arrangement.
At the beach, both Boodhoo and Baksh exited the car and began walking towards where they were supposed to meet the persons who wanted to change foreign currency.
“He said that the money changer was walking in front and he was looking around for a piece of wood to lash him in his head to carry out his plan,” a source close to the investigation revealed.
Boodhoo eventually found the wood and dealt the 56-year old money changer several blows to his head, causing him to collapse to the ground.
Boodhoo then rummaged through the mortally wounded man’s pockets and removed all the cash he had before returning to the rented car.
He counted the money and found it to be $600,000.
Boodhoo then returned the car, even tipping the owner an extra thousand dollars.
He subsequently bought a ticket to Trinidad after putting some of the cash in a local bank.
After the money changer was reported missing suspicion immediately fell on Boodhoo, but by then he had already fled the jurisdiction.
After Baksh’s body was found 48 hours after he had disappeared, police issued a wanted bulletin for the suspect.
While on the run, Boodhoo reportedly contacted his mother, and despite telling her that he is innocent, he vowed to turn himself in.
Shamyela Boodhoo had told Kaieteur News that her son did contact her from an unknown number.
“He said ‘Hi Mom, I innocent (and) I coming,’ and I say, ‘Where are you?’ and the phone cut off.” Mrs. Boodhoo said that she did inform the police about the call.
This newspaper was unable to ascertain when Boodhoo returned to Guyana and if he voluntarily turned himself in.
Police in Berbice are now putting the finishing touches to their file on the matter and they will be seeking advice from the Director of Public Prosecution on the way forward.

Police no where to be found as citizens have to fend for themselves under the Granger administration. It is well known that the bandits are supporters of the afc/apnu, so there is a conflict of interest as police turn a blind eye while the afc/apnu supporters rob citizens. 

Egg man’, employee fight off bandits

January 29, 2016

Old age must be catching up with you. I posted this story 2 replies above. Clearly an apnu/afc operatives heeding afc/apnu call to extract retribution from PPP supporters. 

Continental Agency Limited employees concoct $1.2M robbery

Cops detain businessman in footballer, associate abduction probe

-investigation at ‘crucial stage’ says Crime Chief
A Parika, East Bank of Essequibo businessman, was in custody last night, as the search intensified for abducted

Wanted: Gary Mervin Primo called ‘Gary Talkout’

Alpha United goalkeeper, Ronson Williams, and carpenter Carlos Anderson.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum made this disclosure last night, while stressing that the police were now “at a critical stage” of the investigation.
He also declined to comment on the possible fate of the missing men, or the motive for their abduction.
He did reveal that a Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara man, who investigators had detained has been released.
Meanwhile, police are reportedly still trying to locate
Gary Mervin Primo, called ‘Gary Talkout’, in relation to the abduction of Williams and Anderson.  There are reports that Primo is overseas.
Williams, 28, and Anderson, 20, are said to have disappeared on September 10, 2015, after entering a silver-grey car in Bent Street, Georgetown. They had informed relatives that they were heading to a football match.
One suggestion is that their disappearance may be connected to a sum of money that one of the men had borrowed.
Williams’s mother, Desiree Carter, said that her son came to her Bent Street home that evening and collected two pairs of pants and a jersey. He also indicated that he was going to a girlfriend in Sophia before heading to the football match. She has not seen him since.
Carter said that she reported the matter to the police since September 15, last, while Carmelita Pestano Anderson, the mother of Carlos Anderson, reported the matter on September 13 at the Alberttown Police Station
The family is offering a reward for any credible information pertaining to the disappearance of these two youths. Contact numbers are 592-678-1907 or 592-697-7738.

 $61M fine for ganja trafficking

February 2, 2016

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Strong Message to Drug Dealers....Pooran Persaud Fined $61 Million,....take rap for Liana Ramsundar and Puran Ramoo,

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$61M for ganja trafficking $61M for ganja trafficking February 2, 2016 MAGISTRATE Rhondell Weaver on Tuesday sent a strong signal to drug traffickers by imposing a multi-million-dollar fine on Puran Persaud, called ‘Andy’, who was found guilty of trafficking 92 lbs of cannabis sativa. Sergeant Racquel Mars had submitted that the defendant must be called to lead his defence, as his caution statement, which was deemed admissible by the court, had indicated that...

Top PPP Supporter.... Jagdeo & Ramotar friend ..... hauled before the court.... charges for thiefing

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Following criminal charges…Carvil Duncan’s status on constitutional bodies questioned February 3, 2016 | By KNews | Filed Under News   Former Board member of the Guyana Power and Light Inc., Carvil Duncan, who is currently facing the Carvil Duncan court on larceny charges, is consulting with his attorney with respect to the impact the court proceedings will have on his tenure on several Constitutional Service Commissions. Duncan, who is presently the Chairman of the...

“unprecedented support and cooperation” now stopping smuggling Inferior Quality Imports, Drugs & Contra Ban

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Four containers of milk turned back      The GA-FDD said that action was made possible because of “unprecedented support and cooperation” received from the Guyana Revenue Authority..... Sattaur or Jagdeo cannot help their friends anymore     Four containers of evaporated and condensed milk were refused entry to the country last month as they didn’t meet the prescribed standards because they contained vegetable fat, a release from the Government...

The govt is saying that crime has dropped. i have been trying to keep track on this thread since last October and have seen a drop off in January as evidenced by the posts in this thread. Let us hope this is true, that the PNC have called off their dogs and keep their supporters in Buxton, Agricola and Albouystown in check. 

Pastor remanded to jail on sex charge

Andrew Hannibal, 45, of Bennet Dam, Rosignol, a pastor and founder of the Rosignol Deliverance Temple

Andrew Hannibal

of Marcy Dam, Rosignol West Bank Berbice was remanded to jail on Tuesday, last.
He is charged with having sex with a girl under 16.
Hannibal appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weaver at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty.
The case was called in camera.
The pastor is accused of, between Friday January 29 and Saturday January 30, last, at Rosignol, engaging in sexual intercourse with the girl, who is also a member of his church.
It is understood that the man was having an affair with the fourth form schoolgirl for some time, ever since she was in third form.
According to reports, the girl’s parents missed her one night and began inquiring about her whereabouts. They went looking for her, but were unsuccessful.
The man’s attorney gave a lengthy submission for bail and cited his good character. He said that the man has been a pastor for over 27 years. He is a well respected person in the community. He is the founder of the church and has also founded eight other churches in the country.
The attorney also stated that during the time of the alleged incident, Hannibal was out of the district on the Linden Highway.
Prosecuting Sergeant Althea Solomon argued vehemently for bail to be refused.  She stated that the accused and the victim lived in proximity to each other.
She also stated that if granted bail there is a possibility that the accused will use his influence to tamper with witnesses and the virtual complainant.
After the matter was reported the man was arrested and placed in custody.
The magistrate refused bail and remanded him to jail until February 16, when the matter will be called again.

Brazilian, Guyanese charged for stealing horses

The found 2 pounds as a show, how many more kilos they let through?

2lbs of cocaine in Dynamic Airways Baggage hold

Gunmen ambush, rob Craig miner $30M in raw gold

Why is the Chronicle and Kaieteur news not reporting these  article pertaining to crimes?

Rose Hall man succumbs to gunshot injury

The Chinese appear to be soft targets for afc/apnu operatives as they seek to match the 50% raise given to itself by govt.

Cops detain suspect in restaurant owner’s murder-believe gunman panicked after victim screamed

Police have detained a suspect as they continue to hunt for the bandits that shot and killed restaurant owner,

Xiu Di Yang

Xiu Di Yang at No. 57 Village, Corentyne on Sunday.
The 49-year-old owner of the Gin LI Lai Restaurant was shot around 19.50 hrs, allegedly by one of two unmasked men who had gained entry to the restaurant via an open back door.
The attack reportedly occurred shortly after the woman, her husband Xu Hue Su, 51, and sons Zhuo Xing Su, 24, and a 14-year-old sibling, Zhuo Su, had finished dinner.
Xiu Di Yang was found at the front of the yard with a bullet wound to her forehead.
Police said that Xiu Di Yang, her husband and two sons were having dinner in their restaurant which was closed for business at the time, when two men, one of whom had a firearm, entered through an open door in an apparent robbery attempt.
The husband and the two children fled and raised an alarm. At this stage the armed man discharged a round that struck Xiu Di Yang to her head. The intruders then escaped.
Xiu Di Yang was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
A police official said that the detained suspect fits the description that the slain woman’s husband gave of one of the intruders.
Police believe that the gunman panicked and discharged his firearm after the victims made an alarm. It is believed that they entered the restaurant via an unlocked back door.
Zhuo Su, one of the victim’s sons, said that the family had closed the business around 19:50 hrs, since it was the eve of the Chinese New Year.
He said that the family had just finished dinner when they heard a noise in the kitchen. He was sitting facing the kitchen when he saw someone standing by the doorway that separates the restaurant from the kitchen.
According to the son, the intruder signaled to him to be quiet.
But the young man said he made a gesture and his family members turned and saw the stranger and another accomplice.
The bandits were unmasked; one carried a small handgun and the other a cutlass. He said that his mother began screaming.
He said that his father was holding a chair trying to protect his mother, but as she continued to scream, the gunman shot her in the centre of her forehead.
The son said that his father was able to open the front door and flee with his sons from the restaurant. They then scaled the fence, before reaching the roadway, where they began to scream for help.
The incident occurred just four doors from the residence of Special Assistant to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Mr. Gobin Harbhajan.
Mr. Harbhajan and members of a ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group (CPG) were there at the time.
Radica Ramanandan, Liaison Officer within the Ministry of Public Security, told Kaieteur News that she was standing outside Mr. Harbhagan’s house at around 20.00 hrs, when she heard the screams.
She immediately alerted her colleagues, and they hurried over to the restaurant by vehicle.
She observed that the restaurant gate was padlocked and the owner of the restaurant was screaming.
“He was screaming ‘bandits…bandits shoot my wife,’” Mrs. Ramanandan recalled.
On entering the yard, they saw the proprietor’s wife lying on the ground outside the restaurant entrance.
She appeared to have been shot in the nose.
Mrs. Ramanandan said that the woman, who was still alive, was picked up and rushed to the Skeldon Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The bandits reportedly made good their escape through the back door. They took a box which contained cigarettes, pens, books and other items of little value.
The police were informed and responded quickly, but by that time the bandits had escaped.
Cigarettes and some other contents of the box were found scattered in the back of the yard.

The afc/apnu supporters continue to extract a toll on the citizens.

Bandit nabbed after robbing bus driver at gunpoint

Would-be bandit, Troy Williams, was captured shortly after noon yesterday, minutes after he had robbed a minibus driver and a passenger at gunpoint of $8,000 and $500 respectively.
The robbery occurred around 12.30 hrs at Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Troy Williams, 23, hails from Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.
Police identified the victims as Ameer Karim, 51, of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, and passenger Trevor Blackett, 41, of Mocha, East Bank Demerara.
Police said that Karim, who plies the Georgetown/ Grove, East Bank Demerara route, had just left the East Bank Demerara bus park when Williams, who was standing on the roadway, signaled him to stop.
Williams then entered the bus and sat at the back. When the bus reached Providence, the ‘passenger’ told the driver to stop.
But before exiting, Williams allegedly pointed a gun at Trevor Blackett, the other passenger, and ordered him to hand over his money. Blackett gave him $500.
The robber then relieved Ameer Karim, the driver, of $8,000 before escaping on a bicycle that was parked nearby.
But one of the passengers alerted ranks at the Providence Police Station. A patrol then intercepted Williams near Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
He still had the gun, an unlicensed .32 pistol with three rounds, and the stolen cash, stashed in his underpants.
He is to be charged shortly

The AFC/APNU supporters strike again in their fund raising campaign.

Canje Taxi driver shot by bandits

A Berbice taxi driver is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to the leg

Injured, Darshan Rampersaud

after he was attacked and shot by two armed men during a robbery at his Cumberland, East Canje, home on Friday last.
The injured man was identified as Darshan Rampersaud, 39, of Lot 125 Coburg Street, Canje, Berbice. According to reports, the taxi driver returned home at about 20:30h and took off his wristwatch and placed it on the steps along with the day’s earning.
He then went into the kitchen, got some food and went upstairs. While there the two men armed with a cutlass and a gun confronted and ordered him to remain silent.
They demanded he hand over money and valuables but when he resisted, they dealt him several blows to the head and body. During the beating, a bullet was accidently discharged which missed his head.
Reports are the two bandits panicked and started to order each other to kill the man but the neighbours had already heard the gunshot and raised an alarm thus causing the men to flee.
Marlyn Ramsammy, wife of the injured man told Guyana Times that her husband was home alone on the night of the robbery. “He was waiting for the computer to come on when he heard footsteps going up the step. He though that is we came home so he was coming to look and midway in the hall he see two fellows, one with a cutlass and one with a gun and they point the gun to him and tell him to be silent,” the wife related.
The two men, she explained began demanding valuables from Rampersaud while beating him with both the gun and cutlass.
“The one with the gun take the gun and lash he in he head and it went off. The one with the cutlass start telling the one with the gun to shoot he and the one with the gun telling the one with the cutlass no, you no chap he… then the one turn an shoot he on he foot.”
They escaped with the money placed on the stairway and rode off on two bicycles parked a stone’s throw away.
The police have launched an investigation.

As hard times continue under the afc/apnu, people become more desperate to flee Guyana and succumb to con artists offering American visas.

Alleged visa scammer slapped with 45 charges

– remanded to prison on 17, granted bail on 20
Two days after alleged visa scammer, Dhanraj Raghubir, was taken to CID Headquarters to assist with

CHARGED: Dhanraj Raghubir

investigation in relation to scams whereby he obtained over $1M from several persons by claiming he could get them US visas, police have instituted 45 charges against him.
Raghubir, 27, of Lot 26 Gordon Street, Kitty, Georgetown was slapped with the charges yesterday after his appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
He first appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to 17 indictable charges, which all alleged that he fraudulently converted monies given to him by persons for him to either pay to Bank of Baroda for US visa application fees or for him to purchase bank drafts for Canadian visas, to his own use and benefit.
Four of the alleged victims were present for the court hearing.
Magistrate McLennan remanded Raghubir to prison despite a bail application by his lawyer, Paul Bram. During the bail application, Bram told the court that his client is willing to compensate the victims. He said that his client has no pending matters or previous convictions. He said that Raghubir works at Creative Concept located at 211 Garnett Street, Kitty.
Bram stated that Raghubir is not a flight risk and assured the court that he will attend all court hearings.
However, Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones strongly opposed the accused being granted pre-trial liberty on the ground that Raghubir has matters of a similar nature before the court.
Jones stated investigations are still ongoing and other charges are likely to be laid against him.
According to the Prosecutor, Raghubir has been evading police and had only been captured on Tuesday. On this notion, he argued that bail should be denied because the accused might not return to court for trial.

WANTED: Michael Persaud

In relation to these matters he will make another court appearance on March 4.
Moments after that court hearing, Raghubir was taken before City Magistrate Alex Moore to answer where he faced 28 more charges of a similar nature.
He was ordered to post $5,000 bail on each of 20 charges. For the remainder he was released on his own recognizance (self bail).
Magistrate Moore instructed Raghubir to lodge his Passport and to return to court on March 8.
Earlier this month, he appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer two fraud charges. He was charged with forging a US Embassy appointment letter and also with uttering a document that he purported to be issued by the US Embassy, knowing same to be false.
Raghubir was released on a total of $50,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to the accusations.
Persons have alleged that he had scammed them and collected a total of $1M from them under the pretext that he would be able to acquire US or Canadian visas, either a visitor’s or permanent for them.
Police had searched his place of work and found three passports belonging to the victims. Police had issued a wanted bulletin for Raghubir and Michael Persaud of Lot 15 Public Road, Herstelling East Bank Demerara pertaining to an investigation into several counts of obtaining money by false pretence. Persaud is still on the run.