Clerk charged for stealing $1.3M in gold

A former clerk attached to Troy Resources Incorporated was on Friday taken before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge of stealing $1.3 million worth of raw gold from the mining company.
Kevon De Freitas denied that he stole the gold on August 24, 2018 at 14 Miles Issano, Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
The court heard that after the gold had gone missing, a Supernumerary Assistant Superintendent attached to Troy Resources, while in the company of others, visited De Freitas’s home and conducted a search.
The prosecution is contending that during the search, 114 pennyweights of raw gold were reportedly discovered hidden in a multi-coloured haversack. When questioned, the defendant allegedly admitted to stealing the gold, and told the officers, “Is a lil hussle I mek.” As such, he was arrested and taken into Police custody.
Magistrate McLennan placed DeFreitas on $200,000, and set the case to continue before the Bartica Magistrate on September 14.