— breakthrough expected shortly
INCIDENTS of robberies being committed with firearms and other deadly instruments have recently been increasing, and Acting Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell was asked for a comment on Saturday, following the opening of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Zara Computer Centre at Adventure, Corentyne, Berbice. His response was to the effect that the police have been implementing measures to suppress these types of crime.
He explained that although crimes are being committed, some of them high profile, the police are trying to solve all crimes; but in instances of execution-type murders, which are affecting the image of the GPF, the police have been getting some successes in the sense that some of the spent shells they have retrieved have been able to indicate the type of weapon from which the warheads have been fired.
Brumell said the police will soon put their hands on the suspects, and with that they would have regular raids, road blocks in all divisions, and holding and profiling of persons.
Brumell also spoke to reporters on Guyana’s porous ports of entry, and the illegal movement of arms and ammunition and drugs. He said that persons are held every other day at ports of entry, and the ranks stationed there are more alert and are trying their utmost, with help from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and other stakeholders, to curtail the movement of illegal arms, ammunition and drugs.
On the issue of the value of closed circuit television (CCTV) in helping the police to fight crime, Acting Commissioner Brumell said that when a crime is committed, police take footage of the area where the crime took place, and work from there in identifying and apprehending persons responsible. CCTV also assists in traffic control.