SEVERAL Community Policing Groups (CPGs) have been commended by the National Community Policing Executives (NCPE) for their sterling performances in execution of their mandate.The NCPE commended the Mosquito Hall Community Policing Group (CPG) of the East Coast of Demerara for its admirable performance on patrol on February 1st, 2014, when the vigilance of eight members along with a police constable from the Mahaica Police Station resulted in the detention of murder suspect, Radesh Guyadeen, who had been wanted for the 2003 murder of Nandram Manouar.

That patrol was at Unity, Mahaica at around 21:00 hrs on February 1st
when members engaged and arrested two men whose suspicious movements had attracted their attention, one of whom was Guyadeen. The men were taken to the Mahaica Police Station and handed over to the police, and Guyadeen was later charged.

The NCPE also commended the CPG at Grove, East Bank of Demerara for its performance on patrol on Sunday, February 9th, 2014, when a patrol comprising of two rural constables and a cadet officer from the Diamond Police Station discovered a hijacked silver- coloured Toyota 212 car on Busby Dam in the “Cuffy Koker” area.

The NCPE has also commended members of the Grove, East Bank of Demerara CPG, along with the Cadet Officer of the Diamond Police Station, for their performance on patrol on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014, when, acting on information, they uncovered 513 grammes of leaves seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis sativa (marijuana) in a one-gallon plastic paint container on the premises of Radha Seeta Persaud at Lot 988, Section C, Block ‘Y’, Golden Grove, East Bank of Demerara. Persaud is now assisting the police with their investigations into that discovery.