THE police have released two detainees whom they had arrested shortly after the death of four persons who had ingested cocaine-laced SSS Tonic on Sunday, April 03rd, even as the older child who had ingested the ‘tonic’ remains hospitalised, battling for his life.

Police are now hunting two other suspects as their probe into this macabre incident continues.

A senior officer said the police are trying to catch the culprit(s) who is responsible for the tragedy, and the Force would work and continue to investigate this matter until the case is solved.

The four who died after ingesting the SSS Tonic laced with liquefied cocaine are Alex Blair, 42, and Simone Pryce, 36, along with their child Jahaquel Blair, 7, and their best friend, Natasha George, 36, all of Cocorite Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown.

Twelve-year-old Jamal Waterman has been hospitalised after ingesting the same tonic also.

The SSS Tonic along with some other foodstuff had been packed by another family member for shipping to New York, but was left behind after the family member who was to take it there said she would be travelling to Pennsylvania instead of New York.

Police investigations have so far revealed that the bottle of purported SSS Tonic, along with casareep and ‘chicken foot’, had been left at the house by a man known to the family. After the family’s guest did not carry the items to USA, the victims consumed some of the ‘SSS Tonic’.
Written By Asif Hakim