7 suspects remain in custody as Police continue probe

Cuyuni River robbery/murder

Detectives attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters in Georgetown continue to grill the seven suspects who were arrested over Friday’s robbery/murder at a mining camp in the Cuyuni River, which resulted in the death of a Dominica Republic citizen.
Police sources on Tuesday confirmed that the men remained in custody after they were brought out to the city on Monday.
Fifty-five-year-old Pedro Pablo Rosario, a night supervisor at the mining camp located at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, was shot and killed after three armed and masked bandits invaded the camp sometime around 02:00h.
It was reported that Rosario was relaxing in a hammock while four other workers were on duty some distance away, when the bandits confronted the supervisor and fatally wounded him.
The three suspects then went to the dredge area where they held the other workers at gunpoint and relieved them of two gold mats containing 100 ounces of gold from the sluice box before making good their escape.