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 JOINT OPERATION: some of the men held in the operation yesterday. (Army photo) |
Reports
said that at around 13:30 hrs yesterday, the exercise, aided by the Army
helicopter saw the arrest of five men and the seizure of a motor car in the
vicinity of Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara.
The
Chronicle understands that a quantity of ammunition was also found in the area
The operation focused in the area following reports that heavily-armed bandits
who had kidnapped businessman and racing car driver Kamal Seebarran, who is now
safe, may have been holding out there after their escape.
Meanwhile, Cabinet at its weekly meeting on Tuesday spent a "very long
time" reviewing in its entirety the current crime situation that has taken
the country by storm, Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet
Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon.