Corentyne tomb raiders caught with cell phone, cash

Police on the Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) were able to apprehend two tomb raiders, who broke into a tomb at Hampshire Cemetery in Corentyne between Tuesday and Wednesday last.

The incident took place three weeks after 19-year-old Vishnu Samaroo was laid to rest.
The young man was buried with jewellery, cash and his cellular phone. In a breakthrough in their investigation, Police arrested several persons who attended the January 21 funeral.
Following the arrest, two persons confessed to the crime and took investigators to the location where they hid the items they removed from the dead teen’s tomb.
However, they revealed that the two silver rings, three silver chains and a silver bracelet were discarded after they saw that the jewellery appeared “black” in colour after breaking into the tomb.
Reports are that the duo broke into the tomb by hammering away the side wall and then moved the corpse about 20 feet before removing the valuables from the casket. (G4)