GDF officer, Natural Resources officers among nine abducted, robbed of gold, guns

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 November 2024, 14:25 by Writer

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant and two government department Natural Resources officers were among five Guyanese and four Brazilians who were abducted and robbed of gold and guns, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said.

The items stolen were an undisclosed quantity of raw gold, two Glock pistols and one Movado watch valued GY$140,000.

Investigators were told that at about 10:15 a.m. on November 2, 2024, six masked males, believed to be Brazilian nationals judging by their Portuguese accent, armed with rifles, ambushed the victims from strategic points at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) checkpoint, located at the Bush Mouth Sub-station in Marudi in Deep South Rupununi.

The victims were heading to Marudi Backdam but stopped at the GGMC gate to check in.

The abducted Natural Resources officers were 34-year-old Victor Adams of Lot 676 Section 7 Field ‘B’ Pattensen Drive, Georgetown and 39-year-old Romain Simon of Block 1,481 Zeelugt. The other abductees were 17-year-old Christopher Charles of Lethem Central, Rupununi; GDF Lieutenant 35-year-old Curtis Charles of Block ‘X’ Diamond Housing Scheme; Community Mines Ranger, 30-year-old Karl Antoine of Aishalton Village, South Rupununi; 28-year-old Benedict John, a 28-year-old caretaker of Karaudanau Village, South Rupununi; 29-year-old Dionei Farias De Brito, a General Manager of Boa Vista, Brazil, and Operator, 22-year-old Eduardo Moreira Freitas of Boa Vista, Brazil.

The GPF said members of the Joint Services are on the ground combing the area for the suspects as investigations continue.

Earlier Saturday, police said the abductors fled and left the abductees in a vehicle.