Bartica woman, boatbuilder nabbed with stolen boat, engine

A Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) woman and a boatbuilder from the same community are in Police custody after they were found in possession of a stolen boat and engine
Police said Maurvin Garraway, an operator of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), made a report at the Bartica Police Station on Friday that between April 18 and 19 his 200 horsepower Yamaha outboard engine and one 19-foot ballahoo boat were stolen from Chinese Landing, Barama River, North West District, which is the property of Orin Fernandes, who is the Toshao of the village. The items are valued at $4.5 million.
As a result, a party of Police went to Byderabo Village, Bartica, Essequibo River, where the 19-foot boat and engine were recovered in the possession of a boatbuilder.

Further investigations revealed that on April 21, a female resident of Byderabo, Bartica, and a man allegedly took the boat and engine to the boatbuilder’s workshop to change the colour.
The ranks further went to the female’s residence at Byedarabo, Bartica, where the 200hp Yamaha outboard engine was recovered partially disassembled.
She was arrested and questioned during which she alleged that on April 20, two of her friends – first names only provided – took the boat and engine to her and she assisted them with a sale.
Meanwhile, the boatbuilder and the female were arrested and are at the Bartica Police Station assisting with the investigation.