Friends arrested for disorderly conduct at Police roadblock

Four men who police said are friends were arrested on Monday night for disorderly conduct along the Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Reports are that at about 21:15h, Police ranks in Regional Division 4B (EBD) were conducting a roadblock exercise at Diamond Public Road when a Land Cruiser, PAE 528, was stopped.
The driver, Paul Daby, a 29-year-old of 127 D’Aguiar Park, stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road, thereby preventing the free flow of traffic.
Daby and his three friends, Deion Jerrick, Sherwayne De Abreau, and Alpha Poole, then allegedly became verbally abusive towards the police officers and proceeded to behave in a disorderly manner, which resulted in a crowd gathering.
“The ranks continued to carry out their duties, and the mentioned individuals and vehicles were searched. No illegal items were found. The four individuals were subsequently arrested for disorderly behavior and taken to the Golden Grove Police Station for processing,” a release from the GPF on Tuesday stated.
The men are scheduled to appear at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court.
Video footage of the incident circulating on social media shows a Land Cruiser parked in the middle of Diamond Public Road, with a group of men accusing the officers of using excessive force.
One individual heard in the video claimed that upon stopping the vehicle, the officers aimed their weapons. (G9)