Market vendor gets $20,000 bail on simple larceny charge

Carpenter’s theft allegations at Canal Number Two

As ‘D’ Division Police continue their investigations into a string of larceny offences committed over the last several months at Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara, a market vendor from the area was recently placed on $20,000 bail for allegedly receiving stolen property from a carpenter.
Nineteen-year-old Avenash Mohan of South Section, Canal Number Two Polder was arraigned before Wales Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool on an allegation that on April 8th he fraudulently received Mohamed Rasheed’s laptop — worth $120,000 — from carpenter Anand Bhola of South Section, Canal Number Two, knowing that the laptop was either stolen or fraudulently obtained. The court heard that the electronic device was recovered by Police.
Unrepresented by legal counsel, Mohan denied the charge and was placed on $20,000 bail. He was ordered to return to court on July 5 for statements.
Anand Bhola, a fellow resident of South Section, Canal Number Two, was earlier this month arraigned on two separate occasions before this magistrate on allegations of theft. At the first instance, the stolen items amounted to $564,000, and at an appearance one week later, he was slapped with three additional charges.
The carpenter and father of two was first accused of breaking and entering the premises of Lakeraji Ramdyall at South Section, Canal Number Two between January 3 and 4, 2018, and stealing items amounting to $185,000.
Represented then by Attorney-at-Law Paul Fung-A-Fat, the defendant was further accused of breaking and entering the dwelling house of North Section, Canal Number Two resident Mohammed Rasheed, from whence he allegedly stole property amounting to $379,000. This included two power drills and the aforementioned laptop computer that Mohan allegedly received from Bhola.
The carpenter had entered not-guilty pleas on both charges, and was granted $160,000 bail pending trial, which will continue on June 7, 2018.
At a court appearance one week later, Bhola further denied that on April 24, 2018, at North Section Canal Number Two Polder, he stole 15 ‘Mamey’ fruits belonging to farmer “Deoranie”, and 16 oranges and 15 lemons belonging to Kaopattie Samaroo between December 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017.
He has further been implicated in a break-and-enter and larceny incident which occurred between June 25th and August 8, 2017 at Canal Number Two, where he was accused of stealing items valued at $140,000 from “Etwarie’s” dwelling house.
Magistrate Liverpool has placed the unrepresented Bhola on $20,000 bail on each of the two simple larceny charges, and $60,000 bail on the break and enter and larceny allegation. He has been ordered to report to the Wales Police Station one Friday in each month as the case continues.