Two Brazilians have been reported missing following a river mishap in the vicinity of “Looking Glass Falls” in the Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Sunday.
The only names given for the two missing Brazilian nationals are “Japow” and “Bartolomeu”.
Reports are that at around 16:20h on Sunday, 27-year-old Assardo Adrian Savory, a boat captain of Lot 31 Five Miles, Bartica, went to the Bartica Police Station in the company of 52-year-old Juarez De Morais, a Brazilian businessman of Providence, East Bank Demerara; 61-year-old Carlos Santos of Regent Street, Georgetown; and 21-year-old Dillon Perreira of Parika Village, East Bank Demerara.
According to Police, Savory reported that he was the captain of a boat which left Bartica Stelling, Essequibo River on Sunday morning en route to Poppy Show, Mazaruni River.
The man reported that with him in the boat at the time were Juarez De Morais, Carlos Santos, Dillon Perreira and the now missing Brazilians, “Japow” and “Bartolomeu”.
Police said that the captain reported that at about 07:00h on Sunday as he was navigating the river in the vicinity of the “Looking Glass Falls”, the boat came in contact with a strong wave which caused the bow of the boat to break off. As a result, all the occupants were tossed overboard. After being flung overboard, the two missing persons were not seen again.
The captain further told the Police that he, Dillon Perreira, Juarez De Morais, and Carlos Santos swam to safety and were rescued some two hours later by a passing boat.
He said efforts were made to locate the missing men but proved futile.
Police on Monday said that the survivors received injuries to their bodies and were escorted to the Bartica Regional Hospital where they were all seen, examined, and later sent away.
The boat captain is presently in custody at the Bartica Police Station assisting with investigations.
