A MAN wanted by the police for questioning into the execution-style killing last week of East Ruimveldt resident, Dexter Griffith, was arrested yesterday in Agricola.

The man, 25-year-old Dellon Henry, also known as “Nasty Man”, was arrested by ranks from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Brickdam Police Station, following a tip-off that a

certain house on Second Street, Agricola, which is usually unoccupied, is a meeting place for young men of questionable character.
Nabbed also in the sting yesterday were 19-year-old Christopher Fernandes, who gave his address as Lot 25 Supply, East Bank Demerara; and 18-year-old John McRae, who said he lives at 25 N Supply, East Bank Demerara.
Henry, who gave his address as Houston, East Bank Demerara, is suspected to be the trigger man in last Thursday’s shooting of Griffith a few corners from his East Ruimveldt home.
Police sources have confirmed that during their search of the Agricola premises, they found in Henry’s possession an unlicensed .38 revolver with six matching rounds and two .32 live rounds of ammunition.
Also found in the house during the raid were a bullet-proof vest, a knife, a small quantity of marijuana, and a cigarette lighter among other items.
Up to late last evening, the police were still gathering information on the activities of the men in custody. It was communicated to this publication that all three men would be dusted for traces of gun-powder residue.
Thus far, the police have not be able to link the two teens to any crimes, but checks are still being done to ascertain whether they were part of any illegal activities in the past.

The police are also likely to place them, along with Henry, on several identification parades in relation to past high- profile murders and robberies which the police are still investigating.
Following the killing of Dexter Griffith, the police received information that one of the two men who approached on the night he died, opened fire on him, causing him to fall into a drain from which he was later picked up and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The man died on his way there, but not before whispering the name of the shooter to his mother in whose arms he died on that fatal night. The investigations into the matter are ongoing.

By Leroy Smith