— handed over to local Police
Four Guyanese who served time in a penitentiary in neighbouring Suriname for various offences were on Sunday deported to Guyana and handed over to local police. The men were all processed and remain in custody.
The deportees are 39-year-old Andre Ragmangal of Fifth Avenue Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). He reportedly overstayed in Suriname and was imprisoned for one month.
In addition, 31-year-old Govind Dhanraj of Block 12 Non Nariel, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was sentenced to two months for a domestic violence charge while Shanandeen Bacchus, 47, of Corentyne, Berbice, served two years for trafficking in narcotics.
Finally, Nazim Shaw, 58, of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was imprisoned for two years for wounding.
The men were handed over by Senior Superintendent of Nickerie Police Department, Bryan Isaacs to Inspector Marlon Odonghue and a party of Police ranks from the Guyana Police Station.
In 2018, six Guyanese among other nationalities were deported from the Dutch-speaking country. The others included 16 Brazilians, 18 Chinese, one Indonesian, two Dutch, one Haitian, one Bangladeshi, one Syrian and two Frenchmen.
It was reported that many of the deported foreigners could have returned to Suriname after two months or within a year if their documents were in order. However, two of the deportees are not allowed to enter the country before five years.
This was done less than a month after a brutal pirate attack off Suriname that left several Guyanese dead and some missing.
