Following a report from Commissioner of Police (E&F Division Commander) that two Guyanese fishing boats had been hijacked off Waini Point, North West District on Tuesday, the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard immediately launched a patrol which resulted in the recovery of the two vessels.

Searches in the Waini Point area, which lasted until midnight Tuesday, turned up nothing substantive, and the patrol resumed yesterday morning.

The vessels and their occupants were found drifting in the vicinity of Shell Beach.

While the patrol towed the vessels to Morawhanna, a speedboat was observed to be approaching from Venezuela.

The Coast Guard, which attempted to intercept the vessel, were fired upon by the occupants. The Coast Guard returned fire while pursuing the speedboat which beat a hasty retreat in the direction of Venezuela.