“Yankee” remanded, accused of stealing car from bodywork shop

The unemployed man who was nabbed liming with friends after he allegedly stole a car from a bodywork shop in Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was charged and remanded to prison.
Christopher Persaud, called “Mohan” and “Yankee” of Craig, EBD, was arrested on Wednesday by ranks of the Golden Grove Police Station and charged on Thursday for the offence of simple larceny.
It is alleged that the Toyota Premio motor car, PSS 6964, valued $2,400,000 belongs to 22-year-old Aneesa Yusuf of Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD.
The man appeared at the Diamond-Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman. He denied the offence and was remanded to prison. The case will continue on December 5, 2022.
Reports are that Police arrested the 22-year-old man, who was allegedly in possession of both the keys and vehicle .
According to Police, Yusuf took her car to Rameshwar Dehali, a 41-year-old auto-body repairman of Grove Squatting Area to be sprayed, but the car was stolen between November 8 and November 9, 2022, between 18:30h and 08:00h. The incident occurred at Lot 6 Tank Street, Grove.
Dehali said that he parked the car in the yard, and returned the following day to commence work on the vehicle, but then discovered the car was missing. The keys of several other vehicles were also missing. The lone security guard, who was left in the compound, was not at the site.
According to businessman Dehali, he immediately tried to contact the guard via cellphone to enquire from him if he had removed the vehicle, but to no avail.
He thereafter contacted Yusuf via cellphone, and enquired from her if she had collected her vehicle, and she replied in the negative.
A search was immediately started for the vehicle, and based on information received, the search party went to Second Street, Craig, EBD, and saw the car parked on the road, with three men standing in close proximity of the vehicle.
The men were asked who was the driver of the car, and two of the men pointed out Persaud.
Dehali carried out a search on Persaud, during which he found the car key, along with the other missing keys, in the man’s pants pocket. He then called the Police, who arrested Persaud.