Apprehension of gang members can lead to reduction of crime in Linden – Regional Chairman

In light of the arrest of several members of a notorious gang in Linden on Thursday, the community is now breathing a sigh of relief with the expectation that crime will be significantly reduced

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This was the sentiment of Regional Chairman Renis Morian, who noted that with the arrest of the 14 men, residents are expecting that crime will be on the low.
However, he noted that while he is optimistic that this will be the case, it might be too soon to predict since there are other members of the criminal gangs who might want to continue where the others left off.
“Only time will tell…if those men were indeed responsible and if the crime rate in Region 10 will decrease since the alleged gang members would be behind bars and off the streets”, he added.
The police nabbed several alleged arsonists on Thursday morning during a raid which unearthed multiple homemade incendiary bombs called “Molotov cocktails”.
A number of other illegal items were also unearthed during the police raid.
According to a senior police source, most of the suspects are between the ages of 20 and 25 and had been wanted by the police for recent crimes involving torching a motor vehicle and setting houses afire.
Reports are that the police operation commenced at 06:00h on Thursday and lasted some six hours.
When ranks arrived at the location where the men had gathered, the Molotov cocktails along with small amounts of illegal narcotics were in their possession. The men were immediately arrested and taken into Police custody.
Meanwhile, two of the suspects were charged with illegal possession of motorcycles.
The motorcar that the men are believed to have torched belonged to ex-policeman Teon Allen, also called “Spoil Child”, who Police had issued a wanted bulleting for on September 4.
The press release had announced that Allen was wanted in connection with attempted murder and some five days later after Allen turned himself in to the police, his vehicle was torched while parked at a location at One Mile Wismar, Linden.
It is alleged that the suspects arrested on Thursday are a part of a “gang”, while Allen belonged to another. The torching of the vehicle is said to have been as a result of a turf war between the two gangs.
When contacted by Guyana Times on Saturday for an update on the matter, Commander of E Division (Linden-Kwakwani), Ramesh Ashram was reluctant to comment on the issue.
He referred the publication to contact the Guyana Police Force’s Public Relations Officer for any information about the detention of the suspects.